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Broadway, sF.com. From KQED. Welcome back to Forum. I'm Katie Orr, calling it one of the greatest honors he would have as president on Thursday.

Joe Biden signed new legislation to make June 19th of federal holiday.

Known as June 10th, the holiday commemorates June 19th, 1865. The day when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas,

first learned that the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been signed two years earlier, had ended slavery.

We are talking about Juneteenth, how it will be celebrated, and the significance of it being recognized as a federal holiday.

Joining me now is James Taylor, political science professor at the University of San Francisco.

Professor Taylor, thank you for speaking with me today.

Sure.

So tell me what is the significance of Juneteenth being recognized as a federal holiday?

It's very significant, especially the way it unfolded.

You know, Joe Biden seemed to wake up yesterday and tell America we're going forward on race and race relations and provided a framework with Juneteen in order to do that.

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