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Galveston, Texas – 19 June 2025
1. Former President Joe Biden walking into the church
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, Former U.S. President:
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"You know, this sacred day reminds me of another sacred day. That wonderful day four years ago in the East Room of the White House. I had a great honor for some objective, for some, of making Juneteenth a federal holiday."
3. Mid of Joe Biden
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, Former U.S. President:
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"And still today, some say to me, and to you, that this doesn’t deserve to be a federal holiday. They don’t want to remember, but we all remember. The moral stain, the moral stain of slavery. I’ve often called it America’s Original Sin."
5. Mid of Joe Biden receiving a Juneteenth plaque by Mayor Craig Brown
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, Former U.S. President:
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"On the true meaning of Juneteenth, we have to continue to work toward that promise. That sounds corny to say it, but I mean, think about it. Practical terms. We must continue to the work toward the promise. We have to continue to act for freedom and democracy for America itself. And folks, you have to remember who we are. We’re the United States of America, for god’s sake. United States of America. You’ve heard me say it many times, (inaudible), there’s nothing, nothing beyond our capacity when we act together. Nothing, nothing, nothing."
7. Zoom in of Joe Biden shaking hands with Bishop Ronnie Brailsford
STORYLINE:
Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas and attracting participants who said current events strengthened their resolve to be heard.
The holiday has been celebrated by Black Americans for generations, but became more widely observed after being designated a federal holiday in 2021 by former President Joe Biden, who attended a Juneteenth event at a church in Galveston, Texas, the holiday’s birthplace.
Biden said he was proud to sign the law making Juneteenth.
“Some say to me and you that this doesn’t deserve to be a federal holiday. They don’t want to remember what we all remember, the moral stain of slavery,” he said.
The celebrations come as President Donald Trump’s administration has worked to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, or DEI, in the federal government and remove content about Black American history from federal websites. Trump’s travel ban on visitors from select countries has also led to bitter national debate.
The event Thursday was held at the Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston.
That church, the first and oldest operating AME church in the state, is one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in Texas was announced on that day in 1865, according to the Galveston County Daily News.
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