Reverend Al Sharpton Slams Skadden Arps for Instituting Firmwide Juneteenth Holiday without Commitment to Meaningful Diversity and Inclusion Measures Called for by CPBD

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following news that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP will observe Juneteenth as a firm-wide holiday, civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton released the following statement:

“Juneteenth is a celebration of the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans and the history of oppressed people in this country. It is not an occasion for systematically exclusionary corporations to crassly and opportunistically burnish their reputations and give their white associates a three-day weekend.