One Woman's Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A U.S. Holiday
"We can all finally celebrate. The whole country together," says Opal Lee, 94, who has been working for years to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Juneteenth will soon become a holiday for the city of Winston-Salem employees.
Greensboro's city council unanimously voted Tuesday night to make Juneteenth a paid holiday for city employees starting next year.
City Councilwoman Sharon Hightower proposed the idea.
Galveston, Texas, was the sight of a famous speech given by Civil War Union General Gordon Granger in 1865.
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