Holiday Facts
Color of the soda closely associated with Juneteenth celebration
What is RED?
The Black National Anthem
What is "Lift Every Voice & Sing"
A quarter of a million people rallied in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963, during this event
What is the March on Washington?
The President who issued the Emancipation of Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Juneteenth is the combination of ___ & ___
What is June and nineteenth?
This amendment brought slavery to an end
What is the 13th Amendment?
A song that became a metaphor for human uplift by Sam Cooke
What is "A Change is Gonna Come"
The last state where slaves gained their freedom
What is Texas?
U.S. President who signed a bill making Juneteenth a national holiday
Who is Joe Biden?
The number of years it took for the Emancipation of Proclamation to actually be enforced.
What is two to two and a half years?
The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law on this date by President Joe Biden
What is June 17, 2021?
Written by 2 writers but first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single
What is "What a Wonderful World"?
One of the largest parade and festival celebrations in the country, with more than 25,000 attendees annuall
What is Philly's Juneteenth Parade and Festival (Philadelphia, PA)?
This person named Juneteenth
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Last federal holiday adopted before Juneteenth
What is MLK Day?
The amount many people that were enslaved in the U.S.
What is 4 million?
A song that encapsulates the Civil Rights Movement and commonly referred to as its theme song
What is "We Shall Overcome"?
One of the world's oldest independent African American museums and is located in Detroit, MI
What is the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History?
Initiated the campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Who is Opal Lee?
Before becoming a federal holiday, Juneteenth was observed in all states except this neighbor of Nebraska
What is South Dakota?
The date General Robert E. Lee surrendered
What is April 9th, 1865?
Song by Nina Simone, this song aimed to capture joy in black identity primarily in Black children, but was just as well received by adults alike.
What is "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black"?
Located in this place, Greenwood District aka Black Wall Street was one of the most prosperous African-American communites
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
Upon arrival, this specific individual announced that the slaves in Texas were free by order of the president of the United States
Who is General Gordon Granger?
One of the two Union border states that continued to practice slavery up until the constitutional abolition of slavery
What is Delaware and Kentucky?