Juneteenth Background (Sissy)
Juneteenth is the combination of what words?
What is June and nineteenth
In what year did President Joe Biden sign a law marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday?
What is 2021?
The President who issued the Emancipation of Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The color red as it symbolizes sacrifice, transition and power is used during Juneteenth celebrations and comes from this continent.
Where is Africa?
Juneteenth commemorates this
What is the end of slavery in the US
The Juneteenth flag was designed by activist Ben Haith in what year?
What is 1997?
Which U.S. President signed a bill making Juneteenth a national holiday?
Joe Biden
May 20th is when this state celebrates Emancipation Day?
Where is Florida, (May 20 1865 two years after the emancipation proclamation was signed and 11 days after the civil war)?
Another name for Juneteenth
What is Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day.
The Juneteenth flag was first flown in this year, at Boston's Roxbury Heritage State Park.
What is 2000?
Who named Juneteenth?
Who is Abraham Lincoln 1863
Home to one of the nation's largest Juneteenth celebrations, this Midwestern city hosts the "Juneteenth Parade" in its historic 18th & Vine Jazz District
Where is Kansas City, Missouri?
The state in which the holiday originated
Texas
In 2020 which major league baseball team raised the Juneteenth flag over Fenway Park?
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
Who initiated the campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday?
Who is Opal Lee
This southwestern city made Juneteenth a paid city holiday as early as 1984 an is known for its annual "Juneteenth Music Festival" in Five Points.
Where is Denver, Colorado?
The number of years it took for the Emancipation of Proclamation to actually be enforced.
What is two to two and a half years
Although the Juneteenth holiday falls on a specific date, what day in June are most celebrations held?
What is the third Saturday.?
Upon arrival, this specific individual announced that the slaves in Texas were free by order of the president of the United States
Who is General Gordon Granger
This Southern city's African American Museum hosts a "Juneteenth Festival of Freedom" and is located near Dealey Plaza, a site also known for another major moment in U.S. history.
Where is Dallas, Texas?