Update: Have been browsing the website of the National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign and there was anger about the lack of coverage last year:
America has a 2nd Independence Day, officially recognized by the Congress of the United States for many years. Officially recognized in 19 states as either a state holiday or state holiday observance, and referenced as a special day by Gubernatorial Proclamations or state legislative resolutions in many more states, Juneteenth was totally ignored by the national media again this week.I see that this year Massachusetts has joined the roster of states observing Juneteenth and that President Bush is being portrayed as a Juneteenth boycotter and obstructionist in this release.
Even the French have a "National Day of Remembrance and Commemoration of Slavery and Its Abolition."
