For preservers of lynching history in the US, Juneteenth is a religious reckoning
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — In 2016, 89-year-old Opal Lee walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in hopes of establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday. Partly due to her efforts, it became one in 2021. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the nation’s last enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom. The news…