Clint Smith Went To A Juneteenth Re-Enactment And This Is What He Saw
On June 19th, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure that all enslaved people were freed, ushering in the end of slavery. Now, Congress has made it a holiday.
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
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On June 19th, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure that all enslaved people were freed, ushering in the end of slavery. This week, Congress made it a national holiday.
On Today's Show:
Clint Smith, staff writer at The Atlantic, award winning poet, and author of How the World is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Little, Brown and Company June 1, 2021), leads listeners through a tour of U.S. monuments and landmarks that explain how slavery has been central in shaping our history.