National Action Network Denounces Nassau County’s Refusal To Recognize Juneteenth Holiday
Photos: YouTube Screenshots|Wikimedia Commons New York, NY (June 10, 2026) – Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN) and Rev. Al Sharpton Stand with Union Workers, Advocates, and Residents Demanding County Executive Bruce Blakeman (shown below) End Nassau’s Isolation as the Holdout on Honoring Emancipation. “For Nassau County to stand alone in refusing to recognize Juneteenth as an official public holiday is a slap in the face to the descendants of the enslaved, to the workers who keep that county running, and to every American who believes the truth of our history deserves our reverence and respect. When June 19 became a New York State holiday in 2020 and a federal holiday in 2021, this nation was finally admitting that freedom did not arrive for everyone on the same day. You cannot celebrate liberty on the Fourth of July and then tell Black workers that Juneteenth is just another workday. Generations of Black Americans did not fight to have their history recognized for Bruce Blakeman to treat the legacy of emancipation as a matter of political convenience. “Let me be clear: National Action Network stands with the union workers, advocates, community leaders, and residents demanding that Nassau County do what is right and what the rest of the country has already understood: Juneteenth must be honored as a public holiday.” For more information, visit www.nationalactionnetwork.net Editor’s Note: Readers can contact Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who is running to be the governor of New York here.
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Photos: YouTube Screenshots|Wikimedia Commons
New York, NY (June 10, 2026) – Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN) and Rev. Al Sharpton Stand with Union Workers, Advocates, and Residents Demanding County Executive Bruce Blakeman (shown below) End Nassau’s Isolation as the Holdout on Honoring Emancipation.
“For Nassau County to stand alone in refusing to recognize Juneteenth as an official public holiday is a slap in the face to the descendants of the enslaved, to the workers who keep that county running, and to every American who believes the truth of our history deserves our reverence and respect. When June 19 became a New York State holiday in 2020 and a federal holiday in 2021, this nation was finally admitting that freedom did not arrive for everyone on the same day. You cannot celebrate liberty on the Fourth of July and then tell Black workers that Juneteenth is just another workday. Generations of Black Americans did not fight to have their history recognized for Bruce Blakeman to treat the legacy of emancipation as a matter of political convenience.
“Let me be clear: National Action Network stands with the union workers, advocates, community leaders, and residents demanding that Nassau County do what is right and what the rest of the country has already understood: Juneteenth must be honored as a public holiday.”
For more information, visit www.nationalactionnetwork.net
Editor’s Note: Readers can contact Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who is running to be the governor of New York here.
