Civil rights : Voting rights Congress : Bipartisanship Congress : Congressional Black Caucus Diseases : Coronavirus, domestic prevention efforts Economy, national : Household income and wages Education : Early childhood education programs Education : Postsecondary education :: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Holidays and special observances : Juneteenth Holidays and special observances : Martin Luther King Jr. Day Housing : Black homeownership rates, improvement efforts Housing : Discrimination, prevention efforts Law enforcement and crime : Criminal justice system, reform efforts Legislation, enacted : Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Oklahoma : 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, 100th anniversary South Carolina : 2015 shooting in Charleston White House Office : Vice President
The President spoke at 3:51 p.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Fort Worth, TX, resident and Juneteenth activist Opal Lee; Dylann S. Roof, who was convicted in the shootings at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, on June 17, 2015; and Rep. Joyce Beatty, in her capacity as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. S. 475, approved June 17, was assigned Public Law No. 117–17.
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Chicago
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. "DCPD-202100515 - Remarks on Signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act". Government. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, June 17, 2021. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-202100515
APA
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. (2021, June 17). DCPD-202100515 - Remarks on Signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. [Government]. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-202100515
MLA
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. DCPD-202100515 - Remarks on Signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, (17 Jun 2021), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-202100515
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Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Remarks on Signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, GovInfo, (June 17, 2021), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-202100515
