Dates & Years
Holiday Facts
End of Slavery
Traditions
Black America x Kenya
100
Juneteenth was created on this date
What is June 19, 1865?
100
What color is the Juneteenth flag?
What is red, white, and blue? 
100
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
What is Abraham Lincoln?
100
These public events are commonly held on Juneteenth.
What are parades?
100
Kenya gained full independence from British colonial rule on this date
What is December 12, 1963?
200
The first Juneteenth celebration was held during this year
What is 1866?
200
What is another name for Juneteenth?
What is Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, or Black Independence Day?
200
This document declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
These gatherings became an important part of early Juneteenth celebrations, allowing families and communities separated by slavery to reconnect
What are family reunions?
200
Juneteenth honors emancipation from slavery, while Kenya's independence movement sought freedom from this system
What is Colonialism?
300
What year did Juneteenth officially become a national holiday
What is June 17th, 2021
300
Juneteenth is the official state holiday of this state?
What is Texas?
300
The Emancipation Proclamation took effect on this date
What is January 1, 1863?
300
Because many public parks were segregated, Black communities often purchased this for Juneteenth celebrations
What is land/ property?
300
This anti-colonial movement fought against British rule in Kenya during the 1950s and remains a symbol of resistance and liberation
What is the Mau Mau Rebellion
400
Before becoming a federal holiday in 2021, Texas became the first state to recognize Juneteenth as an official state holiday in this year.
What is 1980?
400
This song, often called the Black National Anthem, is frequently performed at Juneteenth celebrations
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
400
This amendment permanently abolished slavery in the United States
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
400
Rich in cultural meaning, dishes and drinks of this color are traditionally featured at Juneteenth celebrations.
What is red?
400
This East African language, widely spoken in Kenya, has contributed words and concepts to African American cultural expression
What is Swahili?
500
Approximately this many years passed between the Emancipation Proclamation and the announcement in Texas
What is about two and a half years?
500
This Texas city is where General Granger announced freedom for enslaved people
What is Galveston?
500
Although slavery was ending, this war was still being fought when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued
What is the American Civil War?
500
The tradition of red foods can be traced in part to cultural practices brought by people of this heritage
What is West African Heritage?
500
his African American holiday created by Maulana Karenga in the 1960's, is based on African cultural principles, including Swahili terms and concepts influenced by East African heritage
What is Kwanzaa?