'This is a time to demand action and we have to keep applying pressure.'
Kamira Morris, a black woman from Chicago, did just that at her job and one tweet later became a viral sensation. Morris is an assistant director of communications at Erikson Institute, an independent school and nonprofit organization.
"Every company is under a microscope to be responsible right now," Morris told ABC News."Statements are no longer enough; we want to see actual change."The Juneteenth flag flies in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, June 17, 2020.Morris' job is to review those requests and present them to her boss. Morris' boss offered a paid day off for just 2020, but Morris said a temporary holiday was not enough.
"I haven't seen change this quickly, ever," she said."We have Fourth of July and though it's great to have the day off, it doesn't mean much to us because we were still slaves in 1776." In this June 17, 2020, photo, a statue depicts a man holding the state law that made Juneteenth a state holiday in Galveston, Texas. The freeing of slaves in Galveston on June 19, 1865, marked the first date of Juneteenth.For black people in America, Juneteenth is recognized as a day of celebration in honor of the last enslaved black Americans in Texas being freed. Many black people take the day to reflect on their history since the first enslaved African was brought to America in 1619.
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