{"id":10773,"date":"2020-06-17T22:24:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T03:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=10773"},"modified":"2020-06-17T22:24:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T03:24:58","slug":"abc-news-presents-prime-time-special-juneteenth-a-celebration-of-overcoming-airs-this-friday-june-19-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/17\/abc-news-presents-prime-time-special-juneteenth-a-celebration-of-overcoming-airs-this-friday-june-19-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News Presents Prime-Time Special &#8220;Juneteenth: A Celebration of Overcoming&#8221; airs this Friday, June 19 @ 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10774\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/juneteenth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/juneteenth.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/juneteenth-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/juneteenth-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/juneteenth-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>ABC News announced today it will present a prime-time special to commemorate Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America, and examine its symbolism among the Black community and around the nation. Led by a team of ABC News anchors and correspondents including &#8220;<em>ABC News Live Prime<\/em>&#8221; anchor Linsey Davis, &#8220;<em>Nightline<\/em>&#8221; co-anchor Byron Pitts, correspondents Deborah Roberts, TJ Holmes, Steve Osunsami and Janai Norman, and &#8220;<em>The View<\/em>&#8221; moderator Whoopi Goldberg, the one-hour special will feature reporting from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Galveston, Texas, and other cities across the country observing the day. &#8220;<strong><em>Juneteenth: A Celebration of Overcoming<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; airs Friday, June 19 (8:00 &#8211; 9:00PM EDT), on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Juneteenth is a day celebrated and commemorated around the country by millions of Americans,&#8221; said Catherine McKenzie, executive producer for the prime-time special. &#8220;For a lot of people, including myself, it&#8217;s a day of serious reflection and observance of the struggles of all those who came before us. For some, it&#8217;s also a time to look forward at the struggles that still exist and have hope for the future. This Friday night, we&#8217;re excited to share the history and meaning of Juneteenth, as we also recognize where we are in this moment of American history and how far we still have to go.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-1650924902\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Juneteenth: A Celebration of Overcoming<\/em>&#8221; will present intimate stories, examining the legacy of the holiday through the current lens of political and social unrest that has captured global attention. 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