Juneteenth Jams
What song is considered the Black National Anthem?
Lift Every Voice and Sing
We celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate slaves being informed of their freedom in what state?
Texas
What US President signed the legislation dismantling slavery into law?
Abraham Lincoln
February 2026 marked how many years since we have been celebrating Black History Month?
100 years
This city in Texas is where federal troops arrived to take control of the state and ensured all enslaved people were freed.
Galveston
This song released by Kendrick Lamar in 2015 became an important protest song in the Black Lives Matter movement
What colors are on the Juneteenth flag?
Red, white, and blue!
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the _____ and the ______, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve slavery in the United States, which they saw as threatened because of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the growing abolitionist movement in the North.
Union and the Confederacy
Laila Edwards is the first black woman to represent team USA in what sport in the 2026 Olympics in Italy.
Hockey
The presidential proclamation that changed the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved black americans
The Emancipation Proclamation
What genre of music is rooted in African spirituals?
Gospel music
What was the amendment that technically ended slavery?
13th Amendment!
The "technically" comes from the 13th amendment mentioning that slavery is over UNLESS you have committed a crime.
Approximately how many enslaved black Americans were in the state of Texas when troops finally arrived with the news of emancipation?
A. 250,000
B. 100,000
C. 275
D. 69,000
This movie set a record for most film nominations in Oscar history, with 16 total nominations.
Sinners
How many years passed from the Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth?
2.5 years
This singer performed the song "Strange Fruit" written to protest the lynchings of black people. She was targeted heavily by the US Government for singing this song and there is a movie out to share her story.
Billie Holiday.
Did you know Billie was also openly bisexual? She had many relationships with female stage and film actresses!
What was one of the names they used to call Juneteenth before it was officially named?
Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Liberation Day
What did activist Opal Lee, "the grandmother of Juneteenth" do to raise awareness of Juneteenth?
A. She had a meeting with the president
B. She cooked for civil rights leaders
C. She led enslaved people through the Underground Railroad
D. She walked 2.5 miles at 89 years old
D. She walked 2.5 miles at 89 years old.
In 2016, when she was 89 years old, Lee brought national attention to Juneteenth by organizing a 1,400 mile walk from her home in Texas to Washington D.C. When her family raised concerns about her health, Lee acquiesced. However, she did walk 300 miles, and did so symbolically in 2.5-mile increments, commemorating the two and a half years it took for the news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach enslaved individuals of Galveston, Texas. Lee also collected 1.6 million signatures for her petition to commemorate the end of slavery with a federal holiday.
As of May 8, 2026, Dystany Spurlock is the first black woman to compete in what sport?
NASCAR
What color of food do people eat to celebrate Juneteenth?
Red
The color red holds symbolic meaning during Juneteenth festivities. It represents resilience, perseverance, and the blood shed by enslaved African Americans in their fight for freedom.
Red foods such as red velvet cake, watermelon, strawberry soda, hibiscus tea, or red punch are commonly served at Juneteenth gatherings as a way to honor the past and celebrate the present.
What song is commonly referred to as the theme song of the Civil Rights Movement?
We Shall Overcome
In what year did President Biden sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, officially making Juneteenth a federal holiday?
2021
An abolitionist who met with Abraham Lincoln three times to advocate for the rights of enslaved peoples
Frederick Douglass
Victor Glover Jr. made history this year as the first black man to _____________
A. Travel to 60 countries
B. Fly to the moon
C. Go to space
D. Touch down on Mars
B. Fly to the moon
He was the pilot of the Artemis II mission (April 1–10, 2026). During the mission, he and his crewmates set the record for the farthest distance traveled by humans in space: 406,771 km (252,756 miles).
A park in this major city in Texas was bought specifically for their Juneteenth celebration.
Houston
Richard Allen, Elias Dibble, Jack Yates, and Richard Brock bought a 10-acre parcel of land. This was in 1872 and it was only for $800. The park is now known as the Emancipation Park located in Houston, Texas. Owners of the land were former slaves and they got it specifically for the celebration of Juneteenth.