Juneteenth Jams
The Black National Anthem
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?
The date we celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the last slaves in Texas gaining their freedom
What is June 19th?
A quarter of a million people rallied in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963, during this event
What is the March on Washington?
This amendment brought slavery to an end
What is the 13th Amendment?
Created the Juneteenth Flag
Who is Ben Haith?
A song that became a metaphor for human uplift, song by Sam Cooke
What is A Change is Gonna Come?
The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law on this date by President Joe Biden
What is June 17, 2021?
The last state where slaves gained their freedom
What is Texas?
Many people to this day, during Juneteenth celebrations, pay homage to the blood spilled during slavery by drinking this
What is Strawberry Pop/Red drinks?
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
Written by 2 writers but first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single
What is What a Wonderful World?
It was on January 1, 1863 that this proclamation was issued declaring that all persons held as slaves shall be free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
One of the largest parade and festival celebrations in the country, with more than 25,000 attendees annually
What is Philly's Juneteenth Parade and Festival (Philadelphia, PA)?
All three of these things represent the Juneteenth flag
What is "A new freedom," "A new people," and "A new horizon"?
An historic figure who spoke these words "Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation despite the most painful parts of history. Change is possible - and there is still so much work to do"
Who is President Barack Obama?
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?
A quarter of a million people rallied in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963, during this event
What is the March on Washington?
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?
It was this many years after signing the Emancipation Proclamation when troops arrived in Galveston, TX to ensure that all enslaved people be freed
What is 2 and 1/2 years?
Known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," an honorary national co-chair of the Juneteenth Legacy Project, and notable for her quote "The fact is none of us are free till we're all free"
Who is Legendary activist Ms. Opal Lee?
A song that encapsulates the Civil Rights Movement and commonly referred to as its theme song
What is We Shall Overcome?
In 1997, the first version of this was created by activist Ben Haith
What is the Juneteenth Flag?
Located in this place, Greenwood District aka Black Wall Street was one of the most prosperous African-American communites
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
It intentionally shares the colors of the American flag, has a white star in the center, a bursting star surrounding the white star, and an arc
What is the Juneteenth Flag?
More than 250,000
What was the amount of enslaved black people in the state of Texas when troops arrived?