
Senator Cortez Masto @SenCortezMasto
#Juneteenth marks the day that news of the end of slavery reached enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas. It is an indelible moment of our history and deserves to be recognized as a national holiday. I’m proud to see we’re one step closer to making that happen. — PolitiTweet.org
The Leadership Conference @civilrightsorg
BREAKING: The Senate just unanimously passed #S475 to establish Juneteenth National Independence Day (June 19) as a… https://t.co/w7PG6Ts8rA