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Juneteenth: How to Celebrate—and Commemorate—the Holiday

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Friday, June 19, is Juneteenth—a holiday that celebrates the end of legal slavery in the United States. This year, the day will be different, as protesters continue to take to the streets to demand justice for Black Americans like and who were killed by police officers.

It’s an unprecedented moment of social reckoning, and despite the pandemic, we may see the biggest Juneteenth celebrations in at least 100 years.Some activists are calling for a .

Virginia and New York are moving to make Juneteenth a paid holiday in their states. Thanks to public pressure, major companies like Target, Nike, and Twitter have made Juneteenth a paid company holiday. (So has Condé Nast, the company that publishes Glamour.) Movies and TV shows are off of.

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