Proponents say making June 19 an official holiday across the state and in Aurora, home to one of the largest Black communities in the state, is a victory for offering Juneteenth as a time to take stock of the progress made since the first Africans arrived in North America kidnapped and forced into slavery, and consider the work that remains to be done to achieve equality.
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