Whip Clark Statement on Juneteenth
June 21, 2023
June 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following statement on June 19, 2023:
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Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in celebration of the third annual Juneteenth National Independence Day.
"Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when more than 200,000 enslaved Americans in Texas received word of their long-overdue emancipation, more than two years after the signing of the Emancip . . .
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Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in celebration of the third annual Juneteenth National Independence Day.
"Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when more than 200,000 enslaved Americans in Texas received word of their long-overdue emancipation, more than two years after the signing of the Emancip . . .