Rep. Jackson Lee: ‘Folks who never heard of Juneteenth now have a moment of reflection'
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“Juneteenth—with tears in my eyes when I made that gavel—shows America and shows the world that we can accept our differences and we can establish what freedom is all about,” says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday. June 18, 2021
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