Juneteenth and the need to speak our uncomfortable truths
In this June 19, 2020, file photo, demonstrators protest during a Juneteenth rally at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. President Joe Biden signed a bill into law June 17, 2021, designating Juneteenth — which commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed — as the 11th federal holiday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
(RNS) — I pray we will be compelled to protect truth in our schools, in our churches, in our museums and in our memories.
