The latest assault on Black rights is part of a long cycle of racial progress, backlash, and renewed hope.

“This Juneteenth, we must acknowledge both the wins we have achieved and the winds that propel us forward,” writes Marcus Anthony Hunter.

The latest assault on Black rights is part of a long cycle of racial progress, backlash, and renewed hope.

The holiday marking slavery's end has always carried contradictions. In the Trump era, more so than ever