Democratic National Committee Issues Statement on Juneteenth
June 20, 2023
June 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement on June 19, 2023:
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DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and DNC Black Caucus Chair Virgie M. Rollins released the following statement in commemoration of the 158th anniversary of Juneteenth:
"On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas and formally informed enslaved people of their long-awaited freedom, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Procl . . .
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DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and DNC Black Caucus Chair Virgie M. Rollins released the following statement in commemoration of the 158th anniversary of Juneteenth:
"On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas and formally informed enslaved people of their long-awaited freedom, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Procl . . .