Juneteenth

A gunman is on the loose after eight people were shot, two of them fatally, during a Juneteenth celebration in Round Rock, Texas, about 10:50 p.m. Saturday.

Four young children were found living in a Boston Housing Authority-run (BHA) apartment filled with drag queens, “alcohol, drugs, sex toys, and a dead man, according to reports. 

Fifteen people were shot, five of them fatally, on Juneteenth in gun-controlled New York City.

Shots rang out, and six people were injured at the Juneteenth celebration in Democrat-run Milwaukee, Wisconsin, just before 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Only 24 states plus the District of Columbia celebrate Juneteenth one year after President Joe Biden designated June 19 a federal holiday.

President Joe Biden took Monday off for the recently created Juneteenth federal holiday, remaining at his beach house in Delaware for the fourth day away from the White House.

A 15-year-old boy was reportedly killed at the Juneteenth shooting in Washington, DC, on Sunday, while a police officer and two other adults were injured.

Ahead of the Juneteenth anniversary of the emancipation of U.S. slaves, former state Rep. Vernon Jones, a conservative Democrat-turned-Republican running for Congress in Georgia, called out Democrats for for their historical support of slavery, while recognizing the role of Republicans who sacrificed their lives to end the institution.

Fox and Tubi shared a Juneteenth message from 9-1-1 star Angela Bassett on Friday. Juneteenth is Sunday with observances continuing on Monday.

A group of “Black Feminist” activists are marching towards the U.S. Supreme Court on Juneteenth weekend in support of their pro-abortion policies. 

Walmart has apologized for its controversial “Juneteenth” ice cream as pictures began to circulate over the weekend, and it plans to remove items “as appropriate” in response to the backlash.

An IKEA store in Atlanta, Georgia, is under fire after featuring fried chicken and watermelon on its “special” menu for employees on Juneteenth, later apologizing and pleading that it was done with the “best of intentions.”

Juneteenth celebrations in Oakland, California; Aurora, Colorado; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Clover, South Carolina; and Flint, Michigan, were marred by shootings and death.

A Flint, Michigan, police officer shot and killed a 19-year-old woman on Juneteenth who allegedly shot first.

Six people were shot, one of whom died, on Saturday evening near a Juneteenth celebration at Oakland’s Lake Merritt.

Kevin Faulconer, the former mayor of San Diego and a current Republican candidate for governor against incumbent Democrat Gavin Newsom, tweeted the Pan-African Flag for Juneteenth instead of the official Juneteenth flag.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) stated that both Juneteenth and July 4 are celebrations of freedom, and “July 4 is Independence Day for all Americans. … Juneteenth is another

Grammy-winning singer Macy Gray bashed the American flag as “tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect” in an op-ed published a day before Juneteenth. Gray says it is time for a “new flag” that “represents ALL of us,” as Old Glory “no longer represents democracy and freedom.”

President Joe Biden signed Juneteenth into law on Thursday as a federal public holiday — but President Donald Trump had proposed doing so last year, as part of his “Platinum Plan” for black Americans.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) tweeted Friday “you’re apt to be labeled a racist if you didn’t vote” for Juneteenth National Independence Day.

Columnist Mike Freeman blasted the NFL for making a show of observing Juneteenth but not using the holiday to reflect on its own racist acts.

Yet Juneteenth presents the opportunity to tell the true history of this nation; to honor black patriots and conservatives; and to uphold the vision of abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, who described America’s core values not as “racist,” but as “saving principles.”

CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota said Thursday on her show “Newsroom” that the year was a “humbling experience for many white folks” and included herself among those.

Biden said the holiday reminded Americans of the “promise of equality” that was made at the end of slavery but that failed to find fulfillment in the current systemically racist society of the United States.

The San Jose Sharks came under intense fire on social media Wednesday after the team posted a pic that seemed to show a shark freeing slaves.

Snapchat, a social media platform, is looking to “redesign” its camera technology in order to make it more “inclusive” after employees complained, “the camera is, in fact, racist,” according to an Axios report.

Bruce LeVell, executive director of the Trump National Diversity Coalition, previewed President Donald Trump’s forthcoming address outlining the administration’s Platinum Plan for Black Economic Empowerment in an interview on Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Monday that the media “grossly misreported” his proposal to offset the cost of adding Juneteenth as a federal holiday by eliminating Columbus Day.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) claimed on Wednesday night that his proposal to eliminate Columbus Day as a federal holiday is not “deprecating Christopher Columbus’ achievements” and added that he does not support efforts to erase American history.

Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson opened his Wednesday program by questioning how the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May has led to protesters and others making Italian explorer Christopher Columbus a target.

Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and James Lankford (R-OK) backed a proposal on Wednesday to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday.

Throughout June, Wikipedia activists have been conducting an “edit-a-thon” started by a newly-established Black Lives Matter group on the site, creating large amounts of content on “racial justice” issues. Among their efforts, editors have got numerous articles on racism or alleged police brutality to appear on the front page with several articles having already been featured, including one smearing President Donald Trump and one promoting a book pushing “white guilt” on readers.

Monday on CNBC, Grammy award-winning musician Pharrell Williams discussed his effort to get Juneteenth declared a national holiday, which he argued should also be a paid holiday.

Workers at e-commerce giant Amazon have called on the firm and its CEO, the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos, to address what they believe to be racial and social inequality at the progressive company.

Beyonce dropped her Juneteenth single “Black Parade,” in which she touts going back to her roots in the South. But the Grammy-winning singer promptly hopped on her private plane this weekend and headed north, landing in the Hamptons with her husband Jay-Z and their three children.

At least eight global companies identified as benefitting from China’s enslavement of Muslim minorities published statements celebrating Juneteenth, an American holiday marking the end of slavery in the country.