Texas made Juneteenth astate holidayin 1979. By 2019, all butfour states—Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana—celebratedthe day as either a holiday or an observance. South Dakota was the last holdout, with Governor Kristi Noem declaring the day astate holidayin 2022. S...
That meeting would spawn a number of organizations and causes dedicated to commemorating and honoring Juneteenth, including the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation. In 2000, the group’s founder and chairman Rev. Ronald Myers began a campaign to make it a national day of observance and ...