{"id":40249,"date":"2021-06-16T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T16:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=40249"},"modified":"2021-06-16T13:23:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T17:23:15","slug":"juneteenth-supporters-distance-themselves-from-federal-holiday-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2021\/06\/16\/juneteenth-supporters-distance-themselves-from-federal-holiday-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneteenth Supporters Distance Themselves From Federal Holiday Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"
Black Activists Oppose Politicization of Emancipation Celebration<\/p>\n
Washington, D.C. – Despite more than twenty years<\/a> of acknowledging the importance of Juneteenth, members of the Project 21<\/a> black leadership network refrained from encouraging a rush into making the emancipation-themed celebration a formal national holiday.<\/p>\n