Juneteenth, the Newest Federal Holiday
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 30, 2021
Texas native Annette Gordon-Reed, a Harvard University professor and the author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton & Company, 2008), talks about her new book, On Juneteenth (Liveright, 2021), the passing of the new federal holiday based on the events in Texas, and why it's important to study our nation's history.
