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Juneteenth honors the end of what in the United States
What is slavery (or the enslavement period).
100
This is the last state that enslaved people gained their freedom.
What is Texas?
100
What does the Black Power Fist represent (Multiple answers)
What are:
unity, strength, fight against racism and other forms oppression and discrimination, and empowerment.
100
This president helped end slavery
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This is the the Black National Anthem.
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
200
Juneteenth is two words that are put together. What are those words?
What are June and Nineteenth.
200
Where was Juneteenth celebrated first?
What is Galveston, Texas?
200
Who was the first African American President.
Bonus: What year?
Barack Obama
Bonus: 2009
200
This woman helped free many slaves through the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman: She saved more than 300 people from slavery
200
These foods and drinks all have one color in common, which is red, and red foods are served during Juneteenth to represent this.
What is strength and resilience?
300
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863, declaring that all enslaved people in the Confederate Territory were to be freed.
Abraham Lincoln
300
This was the last state to abolish of slavery in the United States on March 13, 1995.
What is Mississippi?
300
What document was signed by Abraham Lincoln that free slaves?
Emancipation Proclamation
300
This United States General announced the news of freedom to the enslaved people in Texas by order of the President.
Who is General Gordon Granger?
300
Juneteenth is celebrated with various events which include these:
What are: parades, picnics, music festivals, historical reenactments, and community gatherings?
400
Other than for enslaved people to be freed, this is another reason why Juneteenth is so important.
What is strength and power that Black and African American people had to fight for their freedom and equality?
Or
What is that Juneteenth is an opportunity to reflect on the past, honor the sacrifices made, and celebrate African American and Black culture and achievements despite the immense obstacles faced?
400
Which East Coast city holds the largest Juneteenth Festival in the United States.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
400
What state do the stars represent
Texas
400
Approximately how many enslaved African Americans were in the state of Texas when troops finally arrived with the news of emancipation.
What is approximately 250,000 enslaved African Americans?
400
True or False: Juneteenth is a holiday that only Black and African American people can celebrate and enjoy?
What is False?: As a federal holiday that commemorates the freedom of enslaved African Americans, it is widely viewed as a day of liberation and a significant event in American history that everyone can recognize and honor.
500
How can we learn more about Juneteenth?
Reading books, watching movies, going to events, asking friends. Going museums, history tours
500
Name two states where slaves became free after the Emancaption Proclamation
What are: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia (and possibly West Virginia).
500
What do the different colors on the Pan-African Flag represent?
The flsg is known for representing the people from Africa and part of the African Diaspora. Each color of the flag (red, black and green) represent each significant concept.
What is:
Red: Blood: that unites all people of Black African ancestry, and shed for liberation
Black: People: for the people, whose existence as a nation, though not a nation-state, is affirmed by the existence of the flag
Green: Money: the abundant and vibrant natural wealth of Africa, the Motherland
500
This general surrendered at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
500
Besides being known as Juneteenth, Juneteenth is also recognized as these other names:
What are: Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day, and Black Independence Day