The Senate
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Active from | 2002 |
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Active until | 2009 |
Members | Nick Drummond |
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Bob Mather | |
Music groups | Jessica Bartley |
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Albums | Sock It to You One Time |
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About The Senate
The Senate was a Scottish white soul cover band active in Europe in the mid-late 1960s. This group included the now late drummer Robbie McIntosh, who would later be a member of The Average White Band, ...
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New York City declared Juneteenth an official holiday
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that Juneteenth - 19. June date marks The End of U.S. slavery - an official holiday.
It Comes as millions of Americans are planning to commemorate, with demonstrations and personal memorial days, which were freed in 1865, the date when The Last U.S. slaves.
to observe Several States already, The Day is an official holiday and it is a push to declare it a national holiday.
The date, its importance has increased in this year, in the midst of the Black Lives matter protests.
mayor de Blasio said in a Press Conference on Friday that the date would be, as an official city holiday beginning in the year 2021, and also a public school holiday.
"We work with all the unions through the work of The Plan , to give This Day the importance and recognition it deserves," said Mr. de Blasio said. "Every city worker, every student Will have the opportunity to reflect the importance of our history and The Truth . "
earlier This Week , New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an order to make Juneteenth - also known as emancipation day and Freedom Day - a paid holiday for state workers.
Mr. Cuomo said he would introduce legislation to allow The Day to be a holiday for all New Yorkers , up to the year 2021.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam also promised to Juneteenth holiday, lined up to the year 2021, in the former capital of the Confederacy, the rebel against the United States during the Civil War for the legal right to the enslavement of Black People .
In Pennsylvania Gov Tom Wolf has signed an order signed Juneteenth make a holiday for state workers.
"have closed In The Last few weeks, people around The Nation together to demand an end to the systemic racism and the oppression of African-Americans," He Said in The Statement .
"freedom for all is not fully exhausted until everyone is truly Free . This Juneteenth , we Will have the opportunity to work together against injustice and create sustainable change," he continued.
Texas was The First US-to declare, state, Juneteenth is a holiday in the year 1980. Now all but four U.S. States observe or identify the date in a certain form.
This year, the date has Americans, especially prominent in The Public consciousness in the midst of a wave of protests about racial inequality following the death of several unarmed African -. Juneteenth rallies are planned in Washington Dc and around the Country .
A large group is holding a Juneteenth prayer in Atlanta on Friday, What Juneteenth is?On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received news that slavery had been abolished by President Abraham Lincoln two years earlier. to achieve
The News has taken so long, slaves in Texas, the fight for the part that continues even after The Surrender of the southern States ended with the Civil War , according to historians.
The US National Archives, said on Thursday that the original hand-written regulation Will be adopted, were recently discovered after a researcher has been tasked with the magnifying glass it is due to the increased interest in The Holiday .
"The People of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation reading by the Executive of the United States ," all slaves are Free ,' " the military order.
"This is an absolute equality of personal rights and property rights between former masters and slaves, and The Connection previously existing between them, that between employer and hired labor. "
The elaborately written note was found in a book of formal jobs in Washington, DC.
"I think it is terrific. I think the timing is just mind-boggling," David Ferriero , the librarian of The Archives , told the Washington Post.
What else happened?Corporate America, the treatment of the holidays with more reverence is given than in previous years, the employees of Nike, Uber, and Twitter, a paid Day Off .
Google has asked to terminate employees, non-urgent meetings and instead "create a space for learning and reflection".
Amazon staff said, to "take some time to reflect, to learn and to support each other".
In Washington, the highest-ranking Republican in The Senate , said on Thursday he would bring in a bill to Juneteenth is a holiday.
Four Democrats have also announced a similar proposal.
In The House of representatives, The Texas Congressman who has pushed for a national holiday for over two decades, told CBS that the chances of a holiday, the reality grow.
"The potential of this national holiday, it opens up a whole new world of discussion for America, a whole settlement with the racism and systemic racism permeates The Nation ," said Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, adding that The House proposal now has the endorsement of 204 legislators.
"is It delayed freedom, but it is the only recognition of the Original Sin of this nation," she continued.
united states, slavery, new york city
Source of news: bbc.com