Bill Nye

The federal holiday is celebrated on June 19th and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in 1865. Bill Nye took to Twitter and shared a ...

One Twitter user wrote in the comment section: “This is not true. Bill Nye is a mechanical engineer, science commentator and television personality. The federal holiday is celebrated on June 19th and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in 1865.

Bill Nye got schooled after posting a celebratory Juneteenth tweet that contained misinformation about the holiday.

Also, the last state (Miss) didn’t officially abolish slavery until 2013. And the last school district wasn’t desegregated until 2016." The problem?

Bill Nye, the "Science Guy," falsly claimed in a recent tweet that the last slaves weren't officially freed until June 19, 1865, or on "Juneteenth."

President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederacy with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Nye is a vocal climate change activist who uses his many platforms to sound the alarm about global warming. CLAIM: Bill Nye, the “Science Guy,” claimed in a recent tweet that the last slaves weren’t officially freed until June 19, 1865, or on “Juneteenth.”

“The United States we know today was built with the labor of enslaved Black Americans. The last were not freed (officially) until 19 June 1865. Let us celebrate ...

“The United States we know today was built with the labor of enslaved Black Americans. The last were not freed (officially) until 19 June 1865. Even the founder of The Weather Channel, John Coleman, told Climate Depot, “I have always been amazed that anyone would pay attention to Bill Nye, a pretend scientist in a bow tie. Got it?!” Removing his glasses, he snapped, “Safety glasses off, motherf*****s!” Nye made a vain attempt to blow out the burning globe, then walked offscreen. Slavery was STILL legal in the “northern” states of Delaware and Kentucky until that day Safety glasses on.” Donning glasses, he continued, “By the end of this century, if emissions keep rising, the average temperature on Earth could go up another four to eight degrees.” Yanking out a blowtorch, he then announced, “What I’m saying is, the planet’s on f***ing fire!” You’re right about the economy being built on slavery, both north and south, but slavery didn’t end on Juneteenth. It ended December 6, 1865 when the 13th Amendment was ratified.

Bill Nye, the 'Science Guy,' made the error of claiming Juneteenth was the day slavery was abolished in America, prompting online users to warn the.

‘By the end of this century, if emissions keep rising, the average temperature on Earth could go up another four to eight degrees. ‘There are a lot of things we could do to put it out — are any of them free? But you’re adults now, and this is an actual crisis, got it? You’re not children anymore. The army declared that Lincoln’s famous presidential proclamation would release the state’s more than 250,000 enslaved African people. ‘Too bad Bill Nye was wrong,’ one commenter said.