Dates
First Night Watch service took place this date.
What is January 1, 1863?
This is the name of the official announcement that was made to the slaves on Juneteenth.
What is General Order #3?
This U.S. President played a pivotal role in ending slavery in America.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first state to recognize Juneteenth as an official paid holiday
What is Texas?
This flag was created in 1920 after Activist Marcus Garvey called for a Black Liberation
What is the Black Pan-African Flag?
Juneteenth recognized as Federal Holiday.
What is June 17, 2021?
She introduced House Bill # 7232 which recognizes Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday.
Who is Rep. Sheila Lee-Jackson
The largest Juneteenth celebration held here.
What is Booker T. Washington Park?
This state was the last to abolish slavery in 1865.
What is Mississippi?
These facilities were essential to keeping inner-city children busy while their parents worked for white families.
What are community centers?
The first Juneteenth celebration was held on this date.
What is 1866?
This U.S. President signed a bill to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
Who is President Joseph Robinette Biden?
This individual led the efforts to make Juneteenth an official holiday in the state of Texas.
Who is State Rep. Albert Edwards?
This State Senator Pat Spearman, introduced legislation to make Juneteenth an official holiday.
What is Nevada?
In 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, a dynamite bomb exploded in the back stairwells of this church, killing 4 Black girls.
What is Sixteenth Street Baptist Church?
Former slaves pooled $800 together through local churches to purchase 10 acres of land to create Emancipation Park to celebrate Juneteenth.
What is 1870?
This state was the first to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday.
What is Texas?
This General made the announcement “all slaves are free.”
Who is General Gordon Granger?
George Floyd was choked for over 10 minutes and subsequently murdered by a former police officer in this state.
What is Minnesota?
He was accused of whistling at a white woman at a convenience store and was kidnapped, beaten and murdered.
Who is Emmett Till?
According to the 1860 census, this percentage of the population represented the approximate amount of slaves throughout the United States.
What is 12%?
This document legally freed enslaved Black people in America.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
He worked for the NAACP and became the first field secretary in Jackson, MS. He was murdered in June 1963.
Who is Medgar Evers?
Breonna Taylor was murdered in this state when officers were serving a no-knock warrant at her home.
What is Kentucky?
Which company added Juneteenth as an official holiday on its calendar app in 2018?
Apple