President Joe Biden denounced racism in the United States and said the Juneteenth holiday was meant to help underscore American values that he said were under threat
Speaking at the White House's first big Juneteenth celebration, a concert that featured performances by singers Jennifer Hudson, Audra McDonald and Ledisi, Biden urged Americans to choose love over hate and to remember history, not erase it.
"Hate only hides... And when given oxygen, just a little oxygen, it comes roaring back out again, and we have to ... stand up and deny it the oxygen. So Juneteenth as a federal holiday is meant to breathe a new life into the very essence of America."a federal holiday Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black woman vice president, opened the evening at the White House with a description of the origins of the day and an introduction of 96-year-old Opal Lee, whose advocacy helped turn Juneteenth into a holiday.
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