Thousands celebrate Juneteenth in the Bay Area

Thousands of people across the Bay Area celebrated Juneteenth on Saturday. The event marking the end of chattel slavery in the US took on greater significance this year, as it’s now been recognized as a federal holiday.

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered.