A family journey to the origin of Juneteenth - CBS News

Author and journalist Mark Whitaker visits Texas, where his great-grandfather became a free man in 1865, and meets with relatives for whom Juneteenth – America's second Independence Day – has taken on a special meaning.

Today is not only Father's Day, it's also Juneteenth, the day which brought freedom to the last of all enslaved people in the United States. It's also our newest federal holiday. That the two coincid… [+4402 chars]

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