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The Emancipation Proclamation was issue on this date and year. Quite the resolution for folx in southern states
What is January 1, 1863?
This president signed the bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Who is Joe Biden?
This is the city in Texas where Union troops landed on June 19, 1865 to inform Texas residents that slavery had ended.
What is Galveston, TX?
This amendment abolishes slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
This technology company added Juneteenth to all its calendars on all its devices in 2018.
Who is Apple?
What is June, 1865?
This Union Major General delivered the order to Texas on June 19, 1865 informing Texas residents that slavery had ended.
Who is Major General Gordon Granger?
The Confederate States was made up of 11 states that were in rebellion from 1861-1865. Name five of the Confederate States.
What is South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina?
This amendment allows the right to peace protest.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This TV sitcom made an episode about Juneteenth in 2017 and had musical guests Aloe Blacc and The Roots.
What is Blackâish?
The year President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law.
What is 2021?
This activist created the Juneteenth flag in 1997, however, it was first hoisted in 2000 in Roxbury, MA.
Who is Ben Haith?
Robert Lee lost his last battle here, not Gettysburg, before eventually surrendering to General Ulysses S Grant, essentially ending the Civil War.
What is Richmond-Petersburg, VA?
This amendment prohibits the denial to the right to vote because of race, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This color is a must at every Juneteenth celebration.
What is red?
Juneteenth was the first new holiday to be acknowledged as a federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted as a holiday in this year.
What is 1983?
This activist, known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, campaigned for decades to make Juneteenth a federal holiday often by leading walks on June 19.
Who is Opal Lee?
This state was the last state to observe Juneteenth as a holiday, and only observed it as a holiday after it was made a federal holiday.
What is South Dakota?
This amendment provides all citizens equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
These three colors make up the Juneteenth flag.
What is red, white and blue?
Texas was the first state to have a proclamation to acknowledge Juneteenth as a holiday in this year.
What is 1938?
This member of the US House of Representatives introduced the legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday in 1996.
Who is Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins (D-MI)?
This northern state was the first to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday.
What is Minnesota?
This amendment gives the right of due process.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This song is known as the Black National Anthem.
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing.