Amendments and Amends
This was the amendment to the constitution that outlawed slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The President who signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Vice President when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law.
Who is Hannibal Hamlin?
If you are Non-Black/African American you'd likely be honored if your black friends invited you to this (In the 2020's an invitation to it became a way of calling someone an ally).
What is the Cookout?
Commonly attributed to Fannie Lou Hamer, this quote asserts that no one is free until this _____.
What is "we are all free?" (Everyone is free)
Not to be confused with the year it was SIGNED, this was the year The Emancipation Proclamation began being ENFORCED. (It's also the year Juneteenth began to be observed)
What is 1865?
The president who signed the bill making Juneteenth a national holiday.
Who is Sleepy Joe Biden?
On June 19th this Union general arrived in the last city that had slaves to announce that all slaves were to be freed, effective immediately.
Who is Gordon Granger?
On Juneteenth, all are encouraged to patronize these types of establishments to show allyship.
What are black on businesses?
According to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., The time is always right to do this. (It's also the name of a Spike Lee Flick)
What is "to do the right thing?"
This was the year The Emancipation Proclamation was SIGNED into law.
What is 1863?
This former slave became a leading abolitionist and called out U.S. hypocrisy, delivering the speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" on July 5, 1852, at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Born into slavery, this educator founded Tuskegee Institute and promoted industrial education for Black Americans.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Airing from 2014 to 2022, this popular CBS show re-aired a Juneteenth episode just one year before it became a federal holiday. Coincidence? I think not.
What is "Black-ish?"
Speaking about the frustrations of the fight for equality, James Balwin is quoted as saying "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of this, almost all of the time.
What is "rage?"
This is widely reported as the last city where slaves learned of their newfound freedom, the date of June 19th commemorates the day Union soldiers made it to the city to enforce the proclamation.
What is Galveston, Texas?
The year Joe Biden signed into law that Juneteenth would be a Federal Holiday.
What is 2021?
This Black Union Army officer became the highest-ranking African American officer during the Civil War and later served as a U.S. congressman and diplomat.
Who is Blanche K. Bruce?
Over the decades, Juneteenth has also been recognized by this name.
What is "Freedom Day," "Emancipation Day," "Black Fourth of July," or "second Independence Day"
Malcolm X popularized this famous phrase, asserting that Black Americans must use every available method to secure their freedom, justice, equality, and human rights.
What is "by any means necessary?"
This military document formally enforced the Emancipation proclamation in the state of Texas, proclaiming that all enslaved people were free, and established that former slaves and masters would share equal personal and property rights. Juneteenth was created to celebrate the enforcement of this document.
What is General order No. 3?
Known as the "Father of Black History," this scholar founded Negro History Week, which later evolved into Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
Born on July 11, 1828, in Gloucester County, Virginia, this American freedman, minister, and community leader was taught to read at an early age by his enslaver's child. He later helped establish Juneteenth celebrations and fought for land rights after emancipation.
Who is John Henry "Jack" Yates?
The color that has become synonymous with Juneteenth Celebrations. Drinks, cakes and other foods this color are often consumed to symbolize the sacrifice as well as the sweat and tears of enslaved ancestors who faught for freedom.
What is Red?
This powerful idea—originally voiced by abolitionist Frederick Douglass in his 1857 West India Emancipation speech states that if there is not this, then there is no progress.
What is a struggle?