Last year, President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth one of 12 federal holidays. The sad reality is that many Americans have never really learned about the holiday because in most American classrooms Juneteenth is never taught. Many K-12 educational curriculums ignore, refuse, or lightly refer to slavery and its devastating and damaging effect on Black people.   

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