#26 In this “freestyle” episode, the Souljah’s discuss the new Juneteenth federal holiday. Is it a good idea? Is there a downside? What do we even know about Juneteenth, anyway? Abdul, Justine, and Andres enter the “virtual living room” to chop it up! 

Helpful Links

1. George Floyd Policing Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1280
2. Most Americans know little or nothing about Juneteenth https://news.gallup.com/poll/351041/americans-know-juneteenth-holiday.aspx
3. Emancipation Proclamation Issued https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation#:~:text=President%20Abraham%20Lincoln%20issued%20the,and%20henceforward%20shall%20be%20free.%22
4. Forgotten Verse of the Star-Spangled Banner https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/ssb_lyrics.pdf
5. https://www.npr.org/2017/07/04/518876922/the-star-spangled-banner-verse-youve-probably-never-heard
6. Cause of the Civil War https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history
7. Lincoln Douglas Debates https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/lincoln-douglas-debates
8. Lincoln’s evolving thoughts on Black people https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-lincoln-slavery-and-emancipation
9. Enslaved people started Memorial Day https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/
10. Steven Blight’s History of the Earliest Memorial Day in Charleston https://www.history.com/news/memorial-day-civil-war-slavery-charleston
11. I Have a Dream full speech https://youtu.be/smEqnnklfYs
12. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1967 NBC interview. At the 21:25 mark, MLK reflects on “the dream” and how it has in many ways “become a nightmare…” https://youtu.be/2xsbt3a7K-8

***Epilogue***

Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill in the midst of voting for the Juneteenth holiday. This behavior seems inconsistent if Senate Republicans are truly interested in the cause of justice. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-republicans-block-voting-rights-reform-bill-unified/story?id=78427255

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