Juneteenth

What is Juneteenth Freedom Day?

100

A Holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States

What is Juneteenth?

200

The year Juneteenth celebrations began

What is 1866?

300

The President who made Juneteenth a federal holiday

What is Joe Biden? 

400

Considered to be one of the oldest African American Holidays

What is Juneteenth?

500

The purpose of Juneteenth 

What is to celebrate the freedom of the last enslaved people in Texas who were still enslaved two years after the emanicpation proclimation was declared?

The History of and Significance of Juneteenth

100

The race of those enslaved 

What is African American?

200

The inalienable rights slaves didn't have 

What is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

300

The result of rebellions by African Americans 

What is death (murder, or killings)?

400

Slaves in Northern states were freed before and were treated better (typically than slaves in Southern states

What is lack of communication 

500

The wartime executive order that freed all slaves from slavery

What is the Emancipation Proclimation of January 1st, 1863?

Five Characteristics of Culture

100

The typical length of the holiday

What is 1 day?

200

An "Artifact" used during the celebration

What is the Juneteenth Flag? 

300

Foods and drinks that are consumed for the holiday

What is red drinks and watermelon?

400

The language used during the celebration 

What is English? 

500

The roots of the name Juneteenth 

What is the fusion of the month and day the final slaves were freed?

What is June and Nineteenth? 

"Lift Every Voice And Sing"

100

A celebrity who performed a rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" For her historical Cochella Perfomance 

What is Beyoncé?

200

Another celebrity who performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the Super Bowl in 2020

What is Alicia Keys?

300

The name of a HBCU (Historically Black College and University) who's choir peformed this song

What is Howard University?

400

The creators of the song 

What is James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson? 

500

The purpose of the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" 

What is to show how African Americans fought for their freedom and will continue to fight for equity, equality, and equal rights?

Juneteenth Flag

100

The colors of the Juneteenth Flag

What is Red, White, and Blue?

200

The meaning of the star 

What is the freedom of slaves in all 50 states? 

What is Texas, The lone star state?

300

The meaning of the Arc

What is new opportunities?
What is promises that lay ahead? 

400

The meaning of the Burst

What is new beginnings for African Americans? 

500

The reason the flag is Red, White, and Blue 

What is a reminder that slaves and their descendents were and are Americans?