Many conservatives are ambivalent, at best, regarding today’s holiday, which is understandable. It was enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Biden in the wake of the rioting and race-hysteria that followed George Floyd’s death. It was of a piece with the kneeling, the black squares, the toppling of statues, and all the other stupid and wicked manifestations of the Great Awokening.

That’s unfortunate, because Juneteenth is a truly American holiday. I’ve been writing on these pages for 20 years that we should replace Martin Luther King Day with Juneteenth. It is important that we have a national holiday celebrating the full incorporation of our black compatriots into the American body politic. The problem with MLK Day is not that King was a flawed man — we all are (including,........

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