nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Across The U.S., A Juneteenth ‘Tinted With Sorrow’ And Buoyed By Hope||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Rallies are happening from Atlanta to Los Angeles — including in Galveston, Texas, where the holiday was born. Amid a reckoning around race, this year’s Juneteenth has an even more urgent meaning.


Across The U.S., A Juneteenth 'Tinted With Sorrow' And Buoyed By Hope

A statue in Galveston, Texas, honors state lawmaker Al Edwards, who authored a bill that made the date an official state holiday. City leaders gathered in the statue’s shadow Friday for a ceremony remembering both Edwards and the emancipation.

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