Tulsa city and county adopt Juneteenth as official holiday

TULSA, Okla. (AP) – The city of Tulsa and Tulsa County have each announced they will officially recognize Juneteenth as a holiday.

June 19 will be an additional paid holiday for city and county employees beginning in 2022.

June 19, 1865, is the day Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas.

In June, President Joe Biden signed legislation officially recognizing the day as a federal holiday.