{"id":11376,"date":"2020-06-19T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/majority-of-americans-want-juneteenth-to-become-a-work-holiday\/"},"modified":"2020-06-19T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:48:00","slug":"majority-of-americans-want-juneteenth-to-become-a-work-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/majority-of-americans-want-juneteenth-to-become-a-work-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"#Majority of Americans want Juneteenth to become a work holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Majority of Americans want Juneteenth to become a work holiday<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n A majority of Americans are in favor of making Juneteenth a work holiday, a new poll has found.<\/p>\n

Sixty-six percent of participants said they supported their company honoring the day \u2014 the official end to slavery that\u2019s commemorated on June 19 each year, according to a survey by The Harris Poll released Friday.<\/p>\n

Gen Xers were most likely to support making Juneteenth a company holiday over millennials and baby boomers (81 percent versus 73 percent and 58 percent, respectively), as were black or African Americans (84 percent) compared to whites (61 percent), Asian or Pacific Islanders (60 percent), and Hispanics (67 percent).<\/p>\n

President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the South in 1863, though it wasn\u2019t enforced in many places until after the end of the Civil War two years later.<\/p>\n

Most Confederate soldiers surrendered in April 1865 but it wasn\u2019t until June 19 that Union soldiers rode into Galveston, Texas \u2014 the last remaining Confederate sympathizers \u2014 to deliver the news<\/a> to enslaved black people that they were free.<\/p>\n

The poll also found that a majority of Americans (52 percent) had some awareness of Juneteenth, while 48 percent said they were \u201cnot very aware\u201d or \u201cnot at all aware.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Juneteenth is not a federal holiday, 46 states and the District of Columbia recognize it as a state or ceremonial holiday.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced it would be designated as an official holiday in New York state.<\/p>\n

Companies including Nike and Twitter<\/a> have recently made Juneteenth a corporate holiday. The New York Jets and Giants, meanwhile, announced they would close their offices Friday in recognition of the day.<\/p>\n

The Harris Poll was conducted from June 13 to 15 with 1,963 adult participants.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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