WisDems: Vice Chair Felesia Martin issues statement recognizing Juneteenth

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — To recognize and commemorate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when some of the last slaves in the country were told of the Emancipation Proclamation, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Vice-Chair Felesia Martin issued the following statement: “The history of slavery is an abomination that we will never let go of — nor should we. It was a practice that was normalized as a backbone of o...