Actress Taraji P. Henson warned “there is an agenda” to remove Juneteenth as a federal holiday, and that people need to “show up and fight for it.”

The holiday, recognized annually on June 19, was signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021. Henson, known for her roles in films such as The Color Purple and Hidden Figures, as well as the television series Empire, stressed the need for people to celebrate the established holiday to ensure “we can keep it.”