House Bill 6209, An Act Establishing Juneteenth Independence Day as a Legal Holiday

One way that racism has persisted in the U.S. is through a denial of U.S. history and an erasure of the history of Black people in the U.S. This shows up, for example, in the holidays we honor as a society

One way that racism has persisted in the U.S. is through a denial of U.S. history and an erasure of the history of Black people in the U.S. This shows up, for example, in the holidays we honor as a society.

Recognizing Juneteenth as a legal holiday would make it clear that Connecticut is not eliding its troubled history with slavery.