Juneteenth Celebration overcoming racial hatred

On the eve before Juneteenth, the Senate suggest apologizing for slavery and racial segregation in the U.S. by passing a resolution. The resolution will now have to pass the House to become law.

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the country. It marks the occasion when, on June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas first learned of their freedom from soldiers. President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was drafted in July 1862 signed in January 1863.