Juneteenth Commercialization
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A man holds an African-American flag during a demonstration in Chicago on June 19, 2020, to mark Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed from bondage, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, FileTags
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Many retailers are getting backlash on social media for what critics say undermines the day.
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