Juneteenth Facts
What city is considered the "birthplace" of Juneteenth?
What is Galveston, Texas
In his " I Have a Dream" speech, where did Martin Luther King Jr. say to let freed ring from?
What is "This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that, let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring."
How many countries (sovereign) make up the Caribbean?
What is 13 countries
Who was the first female millionaire?
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
250,000 enslaved black people
What is another name for the celebration of Juneteenth?
What is Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence day
From what album is the song "Freedom" by Beyonce ft Kendrick Lamar on?
What is Lemonade
Name a Caribbean native on the Forbes List?
Jamaican-Canadian Michael Lee-Chin (1.3B) and Barbados’ Rihanna (1.4B)
and are the only Caribbean people named on this year’s Forbes billionaires list.
What is the highest grossing film with a black director and black cast?
What is Black Panther
This declared by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 freed slaves held in confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
Only through the Thirteenth Amendment did emancipation become national policy. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865.
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Who in what year signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday?
Who is President Biden, in 2021
*Campaigned by Opal Lee "The Grandmother of Juneteenth"
What are the next 2 lines from the Black National Anthem
"Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us"
What is
"Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on 'til victory is won."
What was the first Caribbean country to gain their Independence?
What is Haiti in 1804.
What black ensemble casted horror-comedy film that debuted Juneteenth weekend of 2023? Grossing well over 3 times it's production budget, making the film a strong success.
What is the Blackening
The historic era in which the United States grappled with how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems.
What is the Reconstruction era
(1861 to 1900)
What is consumed on Juneteenth that is said to symbolize the bloodshed of black people in slavery and resilience?
What is foods of a red hue, red velvet cake, strawberry soda/drink, watermelon
This black liberation leader spearheaded the Rainbow Coalition movement, and the Free Breakfast for Children Program and Free Health Clinic in Chicago, before his assassination at the age of 21.
Who is Fred Hampton "Chairman Fred"
Who is the Jamaican born black leader who organized the first important American Black nationalist movement (1919–26)?
Who is Marcus Garvey.
What is the first HBCU?
What is Cheyney University
Founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, it is the oldest of all historically black colleges and universities in the United States
Gen. Gordon Granger issued, announced and read this, which informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free.
General Order No. 3
What is the star (Texas/freedom in all states), the burst (new star/new beginnings), the arch (new horizons), colors red, white, blue (slaves and descendants were and are Americans)
The Freedom Rides were organized and supported by what group?
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) the Fellowship of Reconciliation, SNCC ( Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
What is the percentage of enslaved Africans were shipped to the Caribbean Islands during the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
40%-Brazil
5-6% -US
What is an internet community largely consisting of the Black diaspora of users focused on issues of interest to the black community, including comedic memes and movements such as BLM.
What is Black Twitter
How many years spanned from when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress (July 4th-Independence Day) with the US's freedom from Great Britain's rule to June 19 (Juneteenth) to commemorate the ending of *slavery in the United States.
*except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted
What is 89 years
July 4th 1776 (July 4th)
June 19th 1865 (Juneteenth)