Civil War and Before
This was the name for the famous passage that helped enslaved people to escape to the North and freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad.
This Civil War-era abolisionist was famously an advisor of Abraham Lincoln, and urged him to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially made slavery illegal.
What is the 13th Amendment?
During this famous era of fighting for equality, Juneteenth celebrations were less common. Many Black leaders wanted to focus on pushing for equal rights, rather than celebrating the end of slavery.
What is the Civil Rights era?
This is the day Juneteenth is celebrated nationally.
This is the year that the first enslaved Africans were brought to the New World.
What is 1619?
This woman is known as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth." She became an activist when her house as burned down at age 12, and was recognized at the signing ceremony to make Juneteenth an official U.S. Holiday.
Who is Opal Lee?
This was a common name for early celebrations of Juneteenth in Texas.
What is Jubilee Day?
These are considered the official colors of the Juneteenth Flag.
What are red, white and blue?
What is Texas?
This fort was the location of the first battle in the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumpter?
By the end of the Civil War, the United States Colored Troops (or USCT) made up this fraction of all Union soldiers.
What is one-tenth?
What is the Klu Klux Klan?
This president officially made Juneteenth a national holiday in 2021.
Who is Joe Biden?
Name one way that Juneteenth is typically celebrated today.
- Parades
- Singing songs
- Reciting the Emancipation Proclamation
- Family gatherings and bbqs
This famous document was issued on Jan. 1st, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This man, along with 4 other friends, pooled money and bought a park in the 3rd Ward in Houston, Texas, and named it Emancipation Park, in 1872.
Who is John Henry "Jack" Yates?
This organization was created to protect African Americans from white Southerners after the Civil War, but was eventually unsuccessful.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Juneteenth was named this in 2021, meaning that many businesses and U.S. government buildings close on June 19th.
What is a federal holiday?
This is the fraction of the first 12 presidents that owned slaves.
What is 10/12?
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What is 5/6?
Considered by many to be the end of the Civil War, this year was actually when the largest Confederate Army surrendered, but other groups in Texas and Western states continued fighting for a few years after.
When is 1865?
This Texas State Representative led the fight to make Juneteenth an official state holiday in Texas in 1980.
On June 19th, this Union general arrived in Galveston Texas with nearly 2,000 troops and issued General Order #3.
Who is General Gordon Granger?
This protest was organized by Coretta Scott King in 1968, involving people walking to Washington D.C. to ask for housing and work for poor Americans. It ended on June 19th, 1968.
What is the Poor People's Campaign?
This is the date that the 13th Amendment was ratified, formally ending slavery in all states in the Union.
When is December 6th, 1865.