SPECTRUM NEWS 1 VIDEO: Juneteenth is Saturday, and while we have told you all about all of the celebrations going on around Western New York, what about the history of the holiday, which President Joe Biden recently established as the country’s 11th federally-recognized holiday.

Rev. Mark Blue from the Buffalo NAACP joins Spectrum News 1 to explain Juneteenth’s history, the importance of the date and steps the NACCP is taking to change the narrative surrounding the holiday.