Juneteenth Basics
This holiday commemorates the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free on June 19, 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
This formerly enslaved abolitionist became famous for her powerful speeches and the question, "Ain't I a Woman?"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
He broke Major League Baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Known as the "Queen of Soul," she sang "Respect."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ended legal school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Juneteenth gets its name from combining "June" with this number.
What is nineteen?
Known as the "Moses of her people," she helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This tennis star won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
This global superstar released the album "Cowboy Carter" in 2024.
Who is Beyoncé?
Four Black college students launched this famous 1960 protest by sitting at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
What is a sit-in?
Union General Gordon Granger announced freedom in this Texas city.
What is Galveston?
This civil rights leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
Often called "His Airness," this basketball legend wore number 23 for the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
He was known as the "King of Pop."
Who is Michael Jackson?
This 1963 march in Washington, D.C., featured the "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is the March on Washington?
This document, issued by President Lincoln in 1863, declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This Olympic sprinter won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This actor portrayed T'Challa in the movie "Black Panther."
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
The Civil Rights Act became law in this decade.
What is the 1960s?
Juneteenth became a U.S. federal holiday in this year.
What is 2021?
This Supreme Court justice became the first Black woman on the nation's highest court in 2022.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
He became the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl in 1988.
Who is Doug Williams?
This legendary musician played the guitar upside down and performed "Purple Haze."
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This voting rights champion served in Congress after surviving the Edmund Pettus Bridge march.
Who is John Lewis?