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Charleston shooting victim’s family members share how they are moving forward

Six years ago, a gunman murdered nine Black parishioners during a Bible study class at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Reverend Clementa Pinckney, a state senator, was one of the people killed in the mass shooting. CBS News contributor Antjuan Seawright spoke to the Pinckney family about that night and the impact it still has six years later. Source

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Special Report: Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

President Biden signed into law a bill creating a new federal holiday to honor Juneteenth, which celebrates the day enslaved Blacks in Texas learned they were free, June 19, 1865. That was more than two months after the Civil War ended and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Chip Reid anchors a CBS News Special Report from Washington with a report from Nikole Killion at the White House. Source

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