create a national holiday recognizing the official ending of slavery on the nineteenth of June.

One day, my AP Government teacher asked my class this question: “Shouldn't the United States of America have a national holiday recognizing the ending of slavery?” This question really made me contemplate why the U.S. still does not celebrate the day of June 19th, the ending of such an a deplorable institution in our nation’s past? Although the civil rights of African Americans and Blacks were not fully realized until the passing of major civil rights legislation under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration in the 1960’s, it was still a critical event in our nation’s history. June 19th or “Junteeth” as some may call it, should not mark the end of a movement but the continuation of the American struggle toward racial equality as well as the maintaining of our civil liberties.