Juneteenth Dates (Tonyia-Done)
On what date in June is Juneteenth celebrated?
What is June 19th?
This city in Texas is where federal troops arrived to take control of the state and ensured all enslaved people were freed.
Where is Galveston?
This amendment brought slavery to an end
What is the 13th Amendment?
This person signed the law making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday.
Who is President Joe Biden?
What is the official date when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War?
What is June 19, 1865?
This library in Washington DC holds the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the Library of Congress?
This is the reason that a Juneteenth menu might incorporate red items like barbecued ribs or other red meat, strawberries, watermelon, red hibiscus tea, and red velvet cake.
What is...Red symbolizes the bloodshed and sacrifice of enslaved ancestors.
This person issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
President Abraham Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation would go into effect on what date?
What is January 1, 1863?
This 10 acre parcel of land in Houston, TX was purchased by former slaves for $800 in 1872 to specifically celebrate Juneteenth.
What is Emancipation Park?
This is another name often used to commemorate Juneteenth.
What is Freedom Day/Emancipation Day/Jubilee Day?
This historic figure spoke these words "Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress...
Who is President Barack Obama?
In what year did Democratic State Representative Al Edwards of Houston successfully sponsor legislation to make Juneteenth a paid Texas state holiday?
What is 1979?
The Poor Peoples March was planned in conjunction with Juneteenth in this American city.
Where is Washington DC?
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?
She is known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," and notable for her quote "The fact is none of us are free till we're all free"
Who is Legendary activist Ms. Opal Lee?
Juneteenth was officially made a Texas state holiday on this date? 
What is January 1, 1980?
The first HBCU created after the Emancipation Proclamation is in this northern state.
Where is Pennsylvania (Cheyney University)?
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.
The Juneteenth Concert, which took place on June 10th on the White House’s South Lawn, featured several artists and musicians from the Motown, Jazz, and R&B communities. Name an artist.
Who are Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Charlie Wilson, Kirk Franklin, Anthony Hamilton, Brittney Spencer, Trombone Shorty, Raheem Devaughn, Doug E. Fresh, Patina Miller and Roy Wood, Jr.