GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Greensboro City Council has unanimously approved Juneteenth as a paid holiday for City employees in 2021.
Juneteenth is the oldest known commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Festivities are usually held to commemorate this milestone in American history.
“As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, ‘It’s a day on, not a day off,’” said City Council representative Sharon Hightower. “It’s a day to go learn something that you didn’t know about an African-American friend.”