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Day Juneteenth is celebrated
What is June 19th?
City Juneteenth started in
What is Galveston, Texas?
President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
Colors on the Juneteenth flag
What is red, white, and blue?
The two words that are combined to make “Juneteenth”
What is "June" and "nineteen"
Date Juneteenth become a federal holiday
What is June 17, 2021?
Juneteenth is the official state holiday of this state
What is Texas?
The President who made Juneteenth a federal holiday
Who is President Joe Biden?
What three other colors (besides red, white, and blue) are typically used to celebrate Juneteenth?
What is red, black, and green?
Another name for Juneteenth
What is Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, or Black Independence Day?
The time period Juneteenth became less popular
When is the early 1900's?
The last state to abolish slavery in 1865
What is Mississippi?
The general who notified the slaves that the president had freed them
Who is General Gordon Granger?
In the middle of the Juneteenth flag
What is a white star?
The celebration of Juneteenth was revived during this movement
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
The year Juneteenth was created
What is 1865?
The historic location where the order announcing the end of slavery was read
What is Ashton Villa?
Author of the book Juneteenth
Who is Ralph Ellison?
The state that the bursting star on Juneteenth's flag represents
What is Texas?
Name for the period after Juneteenth
What is 'the scatter'?
The year a group of former slaves purchased ten acres of land and create Emancipation Park to host Juneteenth celebrations in Houston, Texas
What is 1870?
Location of the largest Juneteenth celebration
What is Booker T. Washington Park?
Woman named the "grandmother of Juneteenth"
Who is Opal Lee?
Creator of the Juneteenth flag
Who is Ben Haith?
Which United States president was the first to officially commemorate Juneteenth?
Who is then-President Bill Clinton?