Juneteenth Basics
This date marks when enslaved people in Texas were informed of their freedom.
What is June 19, 1865?
This is the year that Black Music Month gained recognition.
What is 1979?
This is the last state where slaves gained their freedom.
Texas
She is the “Queen of Soul”.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
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 state where Juneteenth originated.
What is Texas?
In 2009, President Barack Obama officially renamed this from Black Music Month.
What is African American Music Appreciation Month?
Juneteenth commemorates the day a Union general informed slaves of their emancipation from slavery. What town did this event originally took place.
What is Galveston, Texas?
He is the pioneer of funk music.
Who is James Brown?
What color food and drinks are consumed on Juneteenth?
Red
The Union general who announced freedom.
Who is General Gordon Granger?
He was the Philadelphia International Records Producer that pushed for Black Music Month.
Who is Kenny Gamble?
This state was the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment, officially marking the abolishment of slavery in the US on March 13, 1995
Mississippi
She sang a song that is considered the Civil Rights Movement's protest song called "Strange Fruit".
Who is Billie Holliday?
In what year was the Juneteenth flag created?
1997
The order issued that declared enslaved people free in Texas.
What is General Order No. 3?
Was the U.S. President that initiated Black Music Month?
Who is Jimmy Carter?
With over 25,000 attendees, this large East Coast city holds the largest Juneteenth Festival in the US
Philadelphia, PA
She is known by some as the Godmother of Rock and Roll.
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
Original name for the holiday before it became Juneteenth in the 1890s
Jubilee Day
The U.S. president who made Juneteenth a federal holiday (2021).
Who is Joe Biden?
He was the entertainment industry executive that also pushed for Black Music Month.
What is Ed Wright?
Located in this city, Greenwood District aka Black Wall Street was one of the most prosperous African-American communities
Where is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
Composer blending classical & jazz (Rhapsody in Blue collaborator inspiration era)
Who is Duke Ellington?
Which activist walked from Texas to Washington D.C. to fight for Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday and is known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
Opal Lee