Juneteenth Dates
The date we celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the last slaves in Texas gaining their freedom
(Month and day)
What is June 19th?
The last state where slaves gained their freedom
What is Texas?
Juneteenth is the combination of what words?
What is June and Nineteenth?
This U.S. President signed the law making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Who is President Joe Biden?
The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law in this year.
What is 2021?
The last state to legally abolish slavery in 1865.
What is Mississippi?
List one name often used to commemorate Juneteenth
What is Freedom Day/Emancipation Day/Jubilee Day/Black Independence Day?
This U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
It was on January 1, 1863 that this proclamation was issued declaring that all persons held as slaves shall be free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was the first state to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday.
What is Texas?
What does Juneteenth celebrate?
What is the enslaved people of Texas learning of their emancipation?
A historic figure who 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. It's an affirmation despite the most painful parts of history. Change is possible - and there is still so much work to do"
*Hint: U.S. President*
Who is President Barack Obama?
The celebration of Juneteenth was revived during this movement
(1954 - 1968)
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
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 years?
Which Constitutional Amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States?
What is the 13th Amendment?
This group won the Civil War in 1863, when the Confederacy/South surrendered.
What is The Union/North?
What year was slavery officially abolished in the United States by Constitutional Amendment?
What was the amount of enslaved black people in the state of Texas when troops arrived?
More than 250,000
Another name for the period of time after Juneteenth (post-emancipation). This era signified new beginnings for newly freed slaves and allowed them to rebuild their lives as freed people.
What is the Reconstruction Era?
What famous 19th Century African American abolitonist, writer, and newspaper publisher said these words: "What to the Slave is Fourth of July?".
Who is Frederick Douglass