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Juneteenth celebrates the end of most slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, Black Independence Day, and by U.S. statute, Juneteenth National Independence Day.
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Opal Lee stands with Vice President Kamala Harris, and watches as President Joe Biden signs a bill into law establishing the Juneteenth national holiday on June 17, 2021. She had worked many decades for this.