SALT LAKE CITY — Amid the social unrest across the United States, many companies have announced they will officially observe Juneteenth, which commemorates emancipation from slavery in the country, as on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and declared that the Civil War was over and that all those enslaved were now free.
The Utah Jazz on Wednesday announced that along with the wider Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment company, which includes the Salt Lake Bees, Megaplex Theatres, Vivint Arena and The Zone Sports Network, it will observe the holiday on Friday.
As part of that observation, team employees will have access to watch “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” a new film about the United States representative who met Rosa Parks and Dr.