President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn on June 13
The Juneteenth concert will take place during Black Music Month, also known as African-American Music Appreciation Month, and will feature Jennifer Hudson, Method Man, Audra McDonald, Step Afrika!, Colman Domingo, Ledisi, Patina Miller, and the Tennessee State University Marching Band, Aristocrat of Bands.by Biden in 2021 — designating June 19th as a National Independence Day.
The Juneteenth holiday originated when on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, bearing the news to enslaved people that slavery had ended — nearly two-and-a-half years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. at the bill signing, speaking before the president. “It is not only a day of pride but a day to rededicate ourselves to action.”
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