US Senator, Kamala Harris Will Propose Bill to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday

In celebration of Juneteenth, US senator, Kamala Harris plans to propose a bill to make it a national holiday.

The event which gained widespread momentum this year as a result of nationwide protests of #BlackLivesMatter, addressing police brutality and racial injustice, has become recognised by a number of corporate organisations in the US as an official and paid holiday.

Taking to her Twitter account, Harris who serves as a junior senator representing California, revealed that she and her colleagues had it in the works to make Juneteenth a national holiday.

She tweeted;

“Juneteenth  should be a national holiday. My colleagues and I are introducing a bill to make it one”.

Juneteenth should be a national holiday. My colleagues and I are introducing a bill to make it one.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 20, 2020

On a day when we celebrate Black liberation, let us be reminded of what Fannie Lou Hamer said: “Nobody's free until everybody's free.” We still have work to do. #JuneteenthDay

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 19, 2020