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Juneteenth: Significance of the holiday to Texas and U.S. history

June 19 is Juneteenth which is now a federal holiday that recognizes the day hundreds of thousands of enslaved men and women in Texas were freed. The news came two and a half years after Pres. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Dr. Marco Robinson with Prairie View A&M University talks more about Juneteenth's significance as we mark the second national recognition of the day.