Opinion: Juneteenth, as much as the Fourth of July, is America’s true birthday

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Juneteenth 2022, which the nation officially celebrates Monday, is unfolding against extraordinary twin backdrops: the ongoing hearings of the House select committee on January 6 and the continuing legislative efforts to halt or disrupt the teaching of the very history that Juneteenth — a day that marks the end of racial slavery in the United States — commemorates.

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