Juneteenth--a commemorative celebration or a platform for reparation and equity?

The article informs on the Juneteenth celebrations in the U.S. It mentions about the legislative imprisonment and government-backed injustice that continues to plague African Americans, along with rising suicide rates, chronic diseases, and racism, and domestic terrorism, gun violence, infant and maternal morbidity, and a lack of quality, affordable and safe housing, health care, jobs and education.