More than one in four Americans say they know “nothing at all” about Juneteenth, an annual unofficial holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, according to areleased Tuesday, which also found Democrats are more likely to be supportive of and familiar with Juneteenth than Republicans. ... [+]When asked how much they know about Juneteenth, 12% of all Americans say “a lot,” while 28% report they have no knowledge.
Nearly 70% of Black Americans say they have at least some knowledge about the holiday, compared to 31% of white Americans. Roughly half of all Americans said they believe Juneteenth should be taught in public schools, with most others unsure or not familiar with the topic. A partisan divide exists, as 74% of Democrats support making the subject part of public school curriculum, compared to only 17% of Republicans. was conducted between May 18 to May 23 among a random sample of 3,572 U.S. adults.Juneteenth’s name, a portmanteau of “June” and “Nineteenth,” derives from events that took place in Texas on June 19, 1865. On that day, over two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and approximately two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E.
Never heard of it until most recently.
If the government really cared we'd get the whole week off to celebrate
Am I right that all afro-americans now can return to motherland, to Africa?
Poor history books
im sure the same number (if not even more) doesnt know how much crimes in their country are commited by just 13% of a specific population ...
Including a whole lot of black people. Isn’t the point of a holiday to remind us of the past?
Although the whole world don't know about them!
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