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Juneteenth, recalling end of slavery, is marked at events …

Attendees take in an art installation on Greenwood Avenue during the Juneteenth Festival on June 19, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

SoCal communities come together to mark Juneteenth after …

Protesters holding signs gather at the LA City hall to celebrate Juneteenth, June 19, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. - The US marks the end of slavery by celebrating Juneteenth, with the annual unofficial holiday taking on renewed significance as millions of Americans confront the nation's living legacy of racial injustice. (Valerie Maccon/ AFP)

Companies pressured to give day off after Juneteenth becomes …

In this June 17, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden hands a pen to Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., after signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. From left, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., Opal Lee, Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., obscured, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, obscured, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of closing loophole …

In this Dec. 11, 2007, file photo, members of the Maricopa County DUI chain gang are escorted to their assignment in Phoenix. As the nation on Thursday, June 17, 2021 officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday, honoring when the last enslaved Black people learned they were free, lawmakers are reviving calls to end a loophole in the Constitution that has allowed another form of slavery to thrive. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

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Black Americans laud decision to make Juneteenth …

President Joe Biden speaks with Opal Lee after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday …

President Joe Biden signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House on June 17, 2021.(Evan Vucci/Associated Press)

Congress approves bill making Juneteenth a federal …

In this June 19, 2020, file photo, protesters chant as they march after a Juneteenth rally at the Brooklyn Museum. (John Minchillo/Associated Press)

Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth 12th federal …

This updated handout photo provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 shows a signed copy of Emancipation Proclamation. The Library, in Springfield, Ill., will mark Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, by displaying the rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. The copy of the proclamation that's signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward will be displayed between June 15 and July 6. The original document is kept in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum photo via AP)

L.A. councilman introduces motion to make Juneteenth …

Curren Price appears with Black Lives Matter protesters in a photo posted on his Facebook page on July 1, 2020.

2 GOP senators propose replacing Columbus Day with …

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on November 30, 2015 in Washington, DC. Lankford is proposing to replace the federal observance of Columbus Day with Juneteenth. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

In Leimert Park, celebrating Juneteenth is more important …

People dance at a Juneteenth celebration in Leimert Park on June 19, 2020. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)