US SENATORS VOTES TO MAKE JUNETEENTH I.E. 19 JUNE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY

Highlights

• Juneteenth which marks 19 June 1865 the day when black people in Texas who were being treated as slaves had learned they had been freed

• On the other hand, senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican,  who had previously objected to this measure did not oppose the measure this time

In order to make 19 June also known as Juneteenth a federal holiday, the US senators have issued their vo....