Juneteenth Is Now A Federal Holiday June 19 is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Alana Wise
Slavery Didn't End On Juneteenth. Here's What You Should Know About This Important Day June 19, 1865, marked a huge turning point for black people in America. Sharon Pruitt-Young
House Passes A Bill To Commemorate Juneteenth As A Federal Holiday The yes vote comes a day after the Senate unanimously moved to recognize June 19 as a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Alana Wise
The Dark-Skinned Afro-Latinx Erasure In 'In The Heights' NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with The Root producer Felice León about colorism and the lack of dark-skinned Afro-Latinx representation in the film In the Heights. Mia Venkat
Big Companies Are Finding Out They Need Help With Diversity Messaging NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with DEI consultant Lily Zheng about how the diversity, equity and inclusion industry has changed after 2020's racial injustice protests and how companies are responding.
Companies Giving Juneteenth Off As A Holiday Say It's The Right Thing To Do Companies are responding to a social movement fueled by the killing of George Floyd, a 47-year-old Black man who died on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis while in police custody. Marisa Peñaloza
An Immigrant Family Moves Through Generational Trauma Colette Baptiste-Mombo and her family moved to an all-white suburb at the height of the civil rights era. She shares how racist attacks changed her life, and how she deals with generational trauma. Julia Furlan
What does it mean to be Asian in America? We're listening A special statewide broadcast on Asian and Pacific Islander identities and experiences in America today. Diana Opong
Column Explains How Tom Hanks Could Be Anti-Racist — Not Just Non-Racist Actor Tom Hanks wrote an essay calling for more widespread teaching of Black American history, leading to NPR's Eric Deggans' response: Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist. Eric Deggans
June 12 Is Loving Day — When Interracial Marriage Finally Became Legal In The U.S. "Loving Day" celebrates the historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which declared unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting mixed-race marriage — and legalized interracial marriage in every state.
