June 19, 2020 12:55PM ET

Here’s How Fashion Companies Recognized the Juneteenth Holiday

U.S. companies from Target to J. C. Penney are recognizing Juneteenth in new ways in support of diverse customers and employees. — In this photo taken May 29, 2017, a male and female are depicted as having broken the bonds of slavery as one holds the Emancipation Proclamation atop the Texas African American History Memorial on the grounds of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. The monument, made of bronze and granite and erected in 2016, traces the history of African-Americans in Texas from the 1500's to the present. The central portion of the memorial, by sculptor Ed Dwight, depicts Juneteenth in Texas, which commemorates the date of June 19, 1865, the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery. Sculptor Ed Dwight created the memorial.

CREDIT: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

American businesses, from fashion to tech to retail, are endeavoring to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement, and embracing new ways to celebrate Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Also known as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, Juneteenth celebrates the day news of emancipation reached formerly enslaved people in Texas on…

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