Juneteenth Jams
This is the the Black National Anthem
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
This date celebrates Juneteenth, which commemorates the last slaves in Texas gaining their freedom.
What is June 19th?
This is the last state where slaves gained their freedom.
Texas
The Juneteenth Flag is represented by these colors.
What are red, white, and blue?
It intentionally shares the colors of the American flag. The background is an arc of solid blue over solid red, with a white star in the center, and a bursting star surrounding the white star.
This person signed the law making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday.
Who is President Joe Biden?
This traditional African American dance includes stomping and clapping
Stepping
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?
Juneteenth commemorates the day a Union general informed slaves of their emancipation from slavery. What town did this event originally took place.
What is Galveston, Texas?
What color food and drinks are consumed on Juneteenth?
Red
Which U.S. President signed the legislation dismantling slavery into law
President Abraham Lincoln
This genre of music, rooted in African American spirituals, is often performed during Juneteenth
Gospel music
The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law in this year. (AKA when Juneteenth became a federal holiday)
2021
This state was the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment, officially marking the abolishment of slavery in the US on March 13, 1995
Mississippi
In what year was the Juneteenth flag created?
1997
Approximately how many enslaved African Americans were in the state of Texas when troops finally arrived with the news of emancipation
Approx. 250,000
A song that became a metaphor for human uplift, song by Sam Cooke
What is "A Change is Gonna Come"?
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?
With over 25,000 attendees, this large East Coast city holds the largest Juneteenth Festival in the US
Philadelphia, PA
Original name for the holiday before it became Juneteenth in the 1890s
Jubilee Day
Which activist walked from Texas to Washington D.C. to fight for Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday and is known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
Opal Lee
This song encapsulates the Civil Rights Movement and is commonly referred to as its theme song
What is "We Shall Overcome"?
Before Juneteenth was federally recognized, Florida's Emancipation Day has been historically celebrated across the state for over 150 years on this date.
What is the May 20th?
Located in this city, Greenwood District aka Black Wall Street was one of the most prosperous African-American communities
Where is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
This amendment brought slavery to an end
What is the 13th Amendment?
Which U.S. General announced the news of freedom to the enslaved people in Texas by order of the President
General Gordon Granger