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Juneteenth will need champions who are ready to show the nation what to do and why they should do it. We already see important individuals leading the way. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed’s new book, “On Juneteenth,” is a memoir of her childhood in Texas but also a call to Americans to support the holiday.
When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday became a federally recognized holiday in 1983, sponsors of the bill immediately pursued legislation to create the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission. The idea was to increase education about King’s contributions and support celebration of the holiday through government institutions. While that commission suffered from political wrangling over its funding and oversight, the idea was a good one.
Congress could support the creation of a commission for Juneteenth with similar goals. It could create lesson plans and standards for schools that increase children’s understanding of the holiday, support the holiday through federally funded arts and humanities grants and usher in nationally publicized holiday events.
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That could help keep the new holiday from becoming a point of division. While the bill passed the Senate unanimously and the House by all but 14 votes, that has not stopped some politicians from accusing Juneteenth’s supporters of “needlessly dividing” Americans with the official name of the holiday: Juneteenth National Independence Day.
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