nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||Biden And Harris Will Speak At The Bill-Signing Ceremony To Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||June 19 is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Juneteenth marks when enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum via AP

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum via AP

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