u. s. t . mark june team the national holiday commemorating the end to slavery. it's the 1st time today's been a federal holiday officer was signed into law by president joe biden last year. but there's already been criticism, not all states have made it a paid day off work, and corporations have been accused of capitalizing on what should be a moment of remembrance. i mean, come on, connie is a director of the center for african studies, a johns hopkins university, and he says, june 13th isn't just about remembering slavery. it's also a political movement pushing for change. with the celebration, it was never simply about being free. it was now we are free, but we demand that freedom be more than simply being included and the society of our freedom demands equality, our freedom demands, the transformation of the political, economic and social system of the united states, which still hasn't happened. i think this is why you had the black power movement coming on. the hills of the civil rights movement by people are full citizens. but then, as it demanded the soci