Mugo Odigwe spoke with Christopher Reed, a historian, who shared a the story of his great grandfather and great grandmother who were slaves in Kentucky.
While Juneteenth is now the nation's youngest federal holiday, CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe has a story that goes back more than a hundred years.
On June 19 1865, just a few months after the Civil War ended, thousands of enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay, Texas, finally learned they were free."Juneteenth is a symbol that America is making progress. That America is not going to forget its past sins. That America is going to atone for past sins," Reed said.
"The end of this story is the enjoyment of equal access to opportunities in America," He said."Where people are actually judged by talent and aspirations and production and not by complexion."
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