Kaye Wise Whitehead: Every single thing that we have fought for — that, I would argue, we began to take a little bit for granted — has either been canceled, erased or is under fire. #Juneteenth is no different.
We don’t wait to be celebrated; we celebrate ourselves. We celebrate our #history, & we celebrate our #contributions to this country. Our lives & our histories are etched into the stones of the buildings. So we don’t have to have a proclamation from anyone else but ourselves.