LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK: JUNETEENTH
Harold Phillips | Published on 6/20/2026
Written by Steve Jones and featured in Love Songs from the Liberation Wars: The 1940s Tobacco Workers Struggle, this song commemorates Juneteenth, the June 19, 1865 announcement in Galveston, Texas that enslaved people were free. Now a federal holiday, Juneteenth celebrates Black emancipation and honors the continuing struggle for freedom and justice. Concept by Steve Jones and Elise Bryant; video by Saul Schniderman.
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