NBCUniversal News Group Juneteenth Coverage

CNBC 

Juneteenth: 6 Ways Black Families Can Close the Racial Wealth Gap (CNBC Dayside) - Friday, June 18 

The racial wealth gap could be as high as $13.5B according to new research from Duke University. That translates to the average Black family having a net worth of $17K compared to $171K for a White family. However one of the nation’s largest Black Banks One United says there are 6 financial transactions that can help close that disparity including: investing in stock, owning a home and improving your credit score. We’ll look at these steps and talk to the CEO of One United about how these transactions can create generational wealth. 

Juneteenth: The Importance of Black Banks (CNBC Dayside) - Friday, June 18 

Black owned banks have gained $150M in capital and reserves since the death of George Floyd that will help create up to $1.5B in business loans, lines of credit and mortgages for customers that are primarily residents of Black neighborhoods. According to the National Black Bank Association, the nation’s 18 Black Banks also provide a higher acceptance rate and better terms for financial products. We’ll talk to the co-founder of the NBBF about how corporations “Banking Black” can help close the racial wealth gap. 

Black Board Appointments Double After George Floyd (CNBC Dayside) - Friday, June 18 

A 158% increase in Black director appointments to S&P 500 companies in 2020 was largely motivated by the death of George Floyd according to a new report from Heidrick and Struggles a publicly traded corporate consulting firm. 75% of the appointments were made after May 25 2020, as companies became more concerned about social and economic justice. We’ll look at the numbers for women and other minority groups. Also we’ll speak to the report’s author about the impact corporate commitments following Floyd and Juneteenth will likely impact board composition going forward. 

Juneteenth: The Story of June Collins Pulliam (The News with Shepard Smith) - Friday, June 18 

A fourth generation descendent of Texas slaves, June Collins Pulliam is the executive director of the Galveston Heritage Chorale. The Chorale was founded by her mother and keeps the culture and music of ex-slaves alive through the singing of spiritual hymns. We’ll talk to Pulliam and discuss the importance of the Chorale for the community.   

Undercover Boss (CNBC Prime) - Saturday, June 19 

CNBC will air an Undercover Boss marathon on Saturday, 6/19 from 3 PM-2AM featuring Black bosses. 

CNBC Digital 

CNBC.com’s Kevin Breuninger will look at how the Biden administration recognizes and celebrates Juneteenth 2021 and what it means to Black Americans. He is also looking at the history of Juneteenth and the growth of it into a day worth recognizing. 
 

CNBC Make It reporter Courtney Connley talks to prominent Black CEOs and executives, including BET and RLJ Companies founder Robert Johnson and ActOneGroup CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd, about their views on reparations, the impact it could have and the role corporate America plays in fighting for racial and economic justice. A companion piece by Tom Huddleston aims to explain reparations, its history and how the conversation has evolved over time. 
  

NBC News

BLK: Making Miss Juneteenth pageants accessible to all  
Miss Juneteenth Pageants are celebrated across the country throughout June, to mark the official end to slavery in the U.S. It's part scholarship fund and part Black pride. The problem, though, is that these events are not cheap, which shuts out a significant portion of girls who might want to participate. That's why one woman in Ft. Worth has set up a grant program to help low-income kids take part.    

BLK: Black Cowboys of Compton  
Tre Hosley is a 19-year-old Black cowboy from Compton, California. He's participating in a rodeo that will be televised on Juneteenth. He competes in a Black rodeo circuit, Bill Pickett, named after the most famous Black cowboy. How does a kid from the mean streets of Compton become a cowboy? 

Meet the Press – Sunday, June 20 

With Juneteenth on the cusp of becoming a federal holiday, Meet the Press will take a look at racial inequality in the U.S. and the country’s road to acknowledgement. 

MSNBC

Leading up to Saturday, MSNBC primetime will honor Juneteenth with special coverage on The Beat with Ari Melber, The ReidOut and The 11th Hour with Brian Williams. 

MSNBC will commemorate Juneteenth throughout the day on Saturday. On Velshi, guests will discuss an incident in northern Mississippi in which a conflict over a high school’s valedictorian and salutatorian has revealed how racism remains pervasive today. On The Cross Connection, Tiffany Cross will interview athlete and civil rights activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. More special coverage of Juneteenth will continue on PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton and The Week with Joshua Johnson. 

TODAY 

Juneteenth: Chef Adrian Lipscombe Works to Establish Black Foodways – Friday, June 18 (8am Hour) 

Today, black farmers own less than 2% of America’s farmland. Morgan Radford joins TODAY to share the story of a woman looking to change that. Chef Adrian Lipscombe created a go-fund-me account to help find and purchase land that would be used to focus on agriculture and African American Foodways. She started the project a year ago in the middle of the George Floyd protests. Now, just over one year later, she has found and is closing on land. The project is called “40 Acres and a Mule” - a reference to the short lived reparations that gave former slaves land after the Civil War only to have it taken back shortly after and was founded with the goal of using this land to train and get black farmers back in the game! Chefs like Mashama Bailey, Michael Twitty, David Thomas and Tonya Thomas have all joined to help the cause!