A weekly look at the biggest stories making news and their impact on the nation and our daily lives. From the pandemic to policing to social justice, each week CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues brings listeners to the front lines of the headlines depicting the profound and permanent ways in which we all are experiencing an America: Changed Forever.
On this week's "America Changed Forever," America observes its newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, signed into Federal law by President Biden Thursday. Host Jeff Pegues is joined by Dr. Rodney Coates of Miami University, who breaks down the history of the holiday. Michael Harriot of The Root-dot-com, Washington Post Michelle Singletary, and Mary Elliot, a curator at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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