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It became a national holiday because He cured and free the black people and made the white people see that we ARE ALL THE SAME . He was a great leader and storyteller he brought peace and spoke the truth about everything that went on . So the federal government should honored this man because without him today this world will still be racist and people will still be acting ignorant today . He brought happiness to people eyes let them know that you have freedom and can't no one take that away except for the devil if you let him. so thaty's why he got a national holiday.

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