What Does Repair Look Like Today? Voices From an Oakland Juneteenth Celebration ^28%

KQED - By Gina Castro - 6/20/2026, 12:58 AM

Negativity Bias 18.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 17% - Appeal to Emotion 16.5%

Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved Black Americans in Texas finally learned they were free — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder that freedom delayed is freedom denied, and that the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation. At a time when... more