For Black Americans, Juneteenth is a love letter to their history of resistance, including to the president
Published
June 19, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)
A Juneteenth flag flies on a float during the 45th annual Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrations in Galveston, Texas, on June 15, 2024. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Images)
A conference room in the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Administrative Headquarters overlooks one of County Councilwoman Meredith Turner’s most prized views in downtown Cleveland. Through sparkling glass panes, she sees the Terminal Tower and the Progressive Field that houses Cleveland’s professional baseball team, the southbound lanes of Interstate 77 toward Akron beyond that, and just a little farther out, the remnants of a once-thriving steel industry where her late mother worked for close to four decades before her passing in 2021.
