Juneteenth Dates
Juneteenth Facts
Juneteenth Jams
Juneteenth Places
Juneteenth Jewels (People)
100
The date we celebrate Juneteenth
What is June 19th?
100
This amendment brought slavery to an end
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
The Black National Anthem
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?
100
The last state to legally abolish slavery in 1865
What is Mississippi?
100
Created the Juneteenth flag
Who is Ben Haith?
200
The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed and declared Juneteenth as a federal holiday in what year?
What is 2021?
200
To this day, during Juneteenth celebrations, many people pay homage to the blood spilled during slavery by drinking this type of drink
What is Strawberry Soda/Red Drinks?
200
This song by Sam Cooke became a metaphor for human uplift
What is A Change Is Gonna Come?
200
Where is Emancipation Park located?
What is Houston, TX?
200
Who is considered the 'Father of Rock n Roll'
Who is Chuck Berry?
300
This presidential statement declared all persons held as slaves "henceforth and forever free" in 1863
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
These three things are represented by the Juneteenth Flag
What is "A new freedom," "A new people," and "A new horizon"?
300
A 1967 single by Louis Amstrong
What is a What a Wonderful World?
300
With more than 25,000 attendees annually and counting, this city hosts the largest Juneteenth Festival
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
300
"The fact is none of us are free till we're all free"
Who is Ms. Opal Lee?
400
On August 28, 1963, a quarter million people rallied for this event
What is the March on Washington?
400
This was the first location where the Juneteenth Decree proclaimed freedom to all enslaved people
What is Galveston Bay, TX?
400
Nina Simone aimed to capture joy in black identity primarily in Black children with this song
What is To Be Young, Gifted, and Black?
400
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History - one of the world's oldest Independent African American museums - is located in this city
What is Detroit, Michigan?
400
Upon arrival, this specific individual announced that the enslaved people in Texas were free by order of the president of the United States
Who is General Gordon Granger?
500
What is the original date for Juneteenth?
(Looking for year as well)
What is June 19, 1865?
500
The amount of enslaved black people in the state of Texas when troops arrived
What is more than 250,000?
500
Encapsulates the Civil Rights Movement and commonly referred to as its theme song
What is We Shall Overcome?
500
Located in this place, Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African American communities
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
500
Which former enslaved person spearheaded the project for Emancipation Park in the 1870s?"
Who is Reverand Jack Yates?
