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The date we celebrate Juneteenth.

What is June 19th?

100

This amendment brought slavery to an end.

What is the 13th Amendment?

100

This was the location where the Juneteenth Decree proclaimed freedom to all enslaved people.

What is Galveston, Texas?

100

This song is known as the Black National Anthem.

What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?

100

This person signed the law making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday.

Who is Joe Biden?

200

The year that the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed and declared Juneteenth a federal holiday.

What is 2021?

200

During Juneteenth celebrations, many people pay homage to the blood spilled during slavery by drinking this color drink.

What is red?

200

Emancipation Park is located here.

What is Houston, TX?

200

This song sung by Sam Cooke became a metaphor for human uplift.

What is "A Change Is Gonna Come"?

200

Upon arrival, this individual announced that the enslaved people in Texas were free by order of the president of the United States.

Who is General Gordon Granger?

300

It was on January 1, 1863 that this presidential statement went into effect, declaring all persons held as slaves "henceforth and forever free".

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

300

The Juneteenth Flag is represented by these colors.

What are red, white, and blue?

300

With more than 25,000 attendees annually and counting, this city hosts the largest Juneteenth Festival in the US.

What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?

300

This song was written by 2 writers but first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single.

What is "What a Wonderful World"?

300

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 Ms. Opal Lee?

400

This year was the first official Juneteenth celebration in the US.

What is 1866?

400

There are three other names often used to commemorate Juneteenth. Name one of them.

What is Freedom Day or Emancipation Day or Jubilee Day?

400

One state in PHIs service territory did not ratify the amendment ending slavery until the 1900s. Name it.

What is Delaware?

400

Sung by Nina Simone, this song aimed to capture joy in black identity, primarily in Black children.

What is "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black"?

400

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 Barack Obama?

500

Texas was the first state to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Name the year that this occurred. 

What is 1980?

500

The number of enslaved black people in the state of Texas when Union troops arrived.

What is 250,000?

500

On February 13, 2013, this Southern state was the last to officially ratify the Amendment ending slavery.

What is Mississippi?

500

Encapsulates the Civil Rights Movement and is commonly referred to as its theme song.

What is "We Shall Overcome"?

500

Which former enslaved person spearheaded the project for Emancipation Park in the 1870s?"

Who is Reverand Jack Yates?