New York (CNN Business) Nike is adding June 19, a holiday called Juneteenth, to its list of official, paid company holidays. Twitter TWTR Square SQ The sportswear giant joins a growing number of companies that announced this week they are making Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery, an annual company holiday.and Vox Media also plan to do the same. Nike NKE CEO John Donahoe made the announcement in a letter to employees Thursday, along with several other actions the company plans to take in light of nationwide demonstrations calling for racial justice. The announcements come as President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to return to the campaign trail on June 19. That coastal area of Texas was the last to hear that the Civil War had ended two months earlier.

Source: CNN June 11, 2020 20:03 UTC