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The biggest and darkest moments of the June 11 celebration at the White House

Black culture was alive and in full force at the White House on Monday when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a Juneteenth concert to commemorate the upcoming federal holiday that honors the end of slavery in the U.S. and the granting of freedom to previously enslaved Black Americans.
Thousands of invited guests – just about all Black – got here to the White House South Lawn for a virtually two-hour musical concert that featured latest and seasoned Black artists in genres starting from soul, blues, gospel, jazz and hip-hop. Performers included Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Kirk Franklin, Charlie Wilson, Anthony Hamilton, Raheem DeVaughn, rising country artist Brittney Spencer and singer-actress and “Raising Kanan” star Patina Miller. The show was hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr.
“The White House lawn has never seen anything like this,” President Biden said as he delivered remarks at the end of Monday’s festivities. The president, who signed the June 2021 National Independence Day Act into law in 2021, said he was “proud to recognize June 11 as a federal holiday” and made it clear: “It was not just a symbolic gesture.”
“It was … a testament to the resilience of generations of Black Americans who gazed at the North Star,” Biden said, adding: (*11*)
Celebrating Juneteenth and the resilience of Black America, there have been several standout moments during the White House concert. Here are the 4 primary moments:
Harris dancing with Kirk Franklin in Sergio Hudson pants
Performing his hit song “I Smile,” Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin captured one of the most memorable moments of the White House event when he grabbed Vice President Harris from the audience to dance with him on stage. This moment was quite convincing for the vp, but it surely quickly went viral.
Harris, who in line with the Office of the Vice President was wearing pink pants made by Black South Carolina designer Sergio Hudson, happily danced with Franklin, who spun Harris around and took two steps together with her to the delight of the audience. After just a few seconds of a brief dance break, Franklin kissed the vp’s hand and then escorted her off the stage.
Biden and Harris on protecting Black freedom

In their transient remarks at the Second Annual White House June 1990 Concert, President Biden and Vice President Harris called on America to make use of this commemoration to reflect on the freedoms won. They also made clear that these freedoms have to be protected through political and legislative actions by Republican lawmakers and conservative leaders.
In her remarks, Harris called for a “full-scale attack on hard-fought, hard-fought freedoms,” including voting rights, a girl’s right to abortion care – which disproportionately affects Black and brown women – and “the freedom to learn and acknowledge the true and full history of our nation.”
“In many ways, the story of Juneteenth and our nation is the story of our ongoing fight to realize that promise, our ongoing fight to build a nation that is more equal, more just and more free,” Harris said. She continued: “A nation where everyone has a chance not only to survive, but to advance. Since taking office, with the support of so many leaders here, President Biden and I have continued this fight.”
“Black history is American history,” said President Biden, who vowed that he and Harris “will always uplift and protect it.”
“Designating June 11 as a federal holiday represents not just a symbolic gesture, but a tangible commitment to progress. Through its actions, whether through federal appointments or strategic investments, this administration is actively working to elevate Black America,” said Jones, who also served as chairman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party. “Yesterday’s gathering of leaders from across the country was not only an entertaining event, but a powerful reminder that while we have made progress, there is still much work to be done to achieve the equality and justice we strive for.”
Roy Wood Jr. pays tribute to the black pioneers who made Juneteenth possible

Throughout the show, produced by black entrepreneur John Burns, Wood Jr., the concert host, told the story of Juneteenth and the way it became a federal holiday. It began as a state holiday in Texas before being recognized in 45 states. Wood admitted that two figures were liable for nationalizing the holiday: Opal Lee and the late Texas state representative Al Edwards.
Lee, 97, is often known as “Grandma Juneteenth” and was recently honored by President Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Lee organized the famous 2.5-mile walk to commemorate the two and a half years it took enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, to learn that that they had been emancipated by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
Doug E. Fresh dances with Maxine Waters

Vice President Harris wasn’t the only elected official invited to bop with the artist on Monday night. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., affectionately often known as “Aunt Maxine” in the Black community, has endeared herself to Doug E. Fresh, who escaped stage to bop with the longtime congresswoman, whom he described as the only woman he desired to cut the rug with.
The Harlem rapper entertained the crowd with a rendition of “Shine A Light on Em” and asked hundreds of attendees to shine their cell phones, illuminating the White House lawn. It was definitely an unforgettable sight. Of course, Doug E. Fresh was one of many memorable performers, including LaBelle, who kicked off her shoes during the performance (a signature move), and Miller, who received much applause for her jazzy rendition of Billie Holiday’s “God Bless the Child.”
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The candidate of the mayor of New York Zellor Myrie releases a black program

New York Senator Zellor Myrie released his black program for New York He reports that before the Mayor’s campaign in New York.
His The agenda deals with 4 key points The increase in the black wealth of the community – international, public health, economic development and climate resistance and infrastructure repair – all based on his experience growing up in Brooklyn. “I grew up around Black New Yorkers who understood that if you were working hard, you had the opportunity to succeed in this city. Being on the road to success,” said Myrie during a press conference.
“But for too many black New Yorkers this is no longer a reality. The city is different, and the next mayor of this city must have a plan that will help black New Yorkers.”
Myrie’s term of office as a senator of state from 2019 has placed him to support civil rights of black New Yorkers.
Together with the latest administration of Trump in office, a 38-year-old politician believes that one should concentrate on protecting pioneering citizenship by black leadership, because he says: “We have a president who clearly attacks black people throughout the country. The president, who eliminates disputes regarding civil rights, accuses employees of accused of enforcing civil rights,” said the candidate for Rican.
“The victories that we have fought for decades to achieve are now erased under this president.”
It has a strategy coping with all points in the public program, with one of the premises is accessible to everyone. When parents have difficulty obtaining inexpensive childcare in the city, Myrie He proposed an out -of -school program that may be free and would come with children from the age of three to seniors of high schools. . progRAM will operate until 18:00 on weekdays and guarantees Stains in a free summer academic city and the enrichment youth program.
Others concentrate on his program include the establishment of the Fund for Buyers of First Generation Houses and counting on regulations regarding anti -discrimination in mortgage loans. While coping with public security, Myrie announced plans to expand the program of each CountS block, a pilot program launched in October 2024, which directs the prevention of violence using weapons. Taking public health, his agenda positions funds for dedicated delivery centers in black superiority districts and the extension of the Medicaid range for Doulas and midwives in the hope of reducing the high mortality of moms amongst black women.
His plan may even take care of mental health resources, implement free mental health services and a profession path for young black men and launches the center of trauma in the Rockaways districts in Queens.
Along with the democratic basis, which took place on June 24, 2025, Myrie collected nearly $ 4 million donations during her campaign, but is one of 4 black candidates applying for the mayor’s place. Candidates are the current mayor Eric Adams, Marshal of the City Council of Adrienne Adams and a former member of the Congregation Michael Blake.
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Trump’s staff are trying to stop the “abuse” of Elon Musk’s relationship with the president, who cannot demand him because “there is no leverage over him, and Elon gives Zero FS”

He is a spoiled brat of the inner circle of the magician, opening the thumb with Donald Trump’s “Tatus”, seemingly remaining a privileged son.
A jealous older brother Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Trump, who once enjoyed the same close president, declared war with the younger, richer Nemesis a couple of months ago, swearing that he banished him on January 20.
But this date has passed, and Elon is still standing, often alongside the president.

However, this week, the General Director of Tesla could go too far. Musk undermined Trump’s announcement on Tuesday about an investment price $ 500 billion in the infrastructure of artificial intelligence, claiming that supporters of the “Stargate project” only a fraction of the proposed investments price $ 500 billion.
He even published a joke This suggested that the directors were burning Crack “to come up with the number of $ 500 billion for Stargate.”
Bannon saw, telling Musk journalists, “he should not reverse what the president was already talking about. This is unacceptable and unsatisfactory. You see how he is out of control.”
Trump, when asked about the number of Musk’s failures at a press conference on Friday, seemed to move his arms.
“I mean that Elon does not like one of these people,” Trump replied, referring to musk contempt for the general director of OPENAI Altman itself, one of the primary investors of the Stargate project.
That’s all? No pink slip? Even insult? What does the President’s Musk have?
“It is obvious that he abused the proximity of the president,” Trump’s ally he said Politico. “The problem is that the president has no levers over him, and Elon gives zero f – s.”
As Politico noted: “It is very unusual for the senior adviser-Muska-in public to criticize the president’s initiatives, and his broadly favorable speculation in GOP circles about whether he and Trump will finally seem.”
But there are no signs of the upcoming breakup. Trump is unable to hide his feelings and although there have been reports that he has enough musk, the general director of Starlink retains almost unusual access to the president.
Musk even has an office in West Wing, during which he pilots the “Department of Government”, an advisory commission created by Trump to eliminate waste in the federal government.
“We are now working with him to understand his ideas – the ideas are innovative. Make done not so much,” said a political official of the White House.
Bannon called on the chief of staff of Susie Wiles to “sit (musk) down” and “immediate sorting”.
He should already know: no person puts Elon in the corner.
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Black historians and leaders condemn the executive order of Trump addressed to the Smithsonian African American Museum: “Literal attack on Black America” - essence

The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, near the Washington monument. (Photo: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group by Getty Images)
One of the latest executive orders of President Trump is to arouse serious slack and for a reason. New order entitled “Restoring truth and mental health to the history of America” He follows the Smithsonian institution particularly the National Museum of History and Culture of African American-conquering it consisting in pushing “a divisible, focused ideology on the race.”
But about this: the executive order ignores key facts about the history of America, akin to the founders’ fathers wrote slavery in the structure and announced enslaved people as three fifth people.
As Essence informed earlier, the order is about by JD Vance Vice President liable for reviewing the museum content and gives the internal secretary Doug Burgum the right to examine whether any monuments have been removed or modified “to consolidate a false reconstruction of America’s history.” In other words, direct effort is to rewrite history to match the president’s narrative – one which removes the influence of racism and black contribution to the nation.
In 2017, at the starting of his first term, Trump actually praised the African American Museum and culture, saying that “he was deeply proud, that there is now a museum that honors millions of African Americans and women who built our national heritage.” Now he conducts the effort to undermine the institution itself, which he once called the treasure. But historians and black leaders don’t withdraw. As Clarke put it: “Let’s be a bright, black story is America’s story. Every rhetoric that opposes this concept is not only incorrect, but grossly racist.”
Historians, supporters of civil rights and black political leaders shouldn’t have this. Here’s what that they had to say about the latest attempt to whiten history.
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