Juneteenth Numbers
The date we celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the last slaves in Texas gaining their freedom(Month and day)
What is June 19th?
The last state where slaves gained their freedom
What is Texas?
Juneteenth is the combination of these two words.
What is June and Nineteenth?
This year marks when the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, leading to Florida’s Freedom Day celebrations.
What is 1863?
Red, Black and Green are colors traditionally associated with Juneteenth, stemming from the colors of this flag.
What is the Pan-African Flag?
The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law in this year.
What is 2021?
The last state to legally abolish slavery in 1865.
What is Mississippi?
List one name often used to commemorate Juneteenth
What is Freedom Day/Emancipation Day/Jubilee Day/Black Independence Day?
This U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
Juneteenth celebrations typically involve food and drink that is this color.
What is red (symbolism for the bloodshed of the enslaved)?
It was on January 1, 1863 that this was issued declaring that all persons held as slaves shall be free in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was the first state to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday.
What is Texas?
This is what Juneteenth celebrates (be specific).
What is the enslaved people of Texas learning of their emancipation?
This group won the Civil War in 1863, when the Confederacy/South surrendered.
What is The Union/North?
Juneteenth is also an opportunity to encourage people to do this form of civic engagement connected to the 15th and 19th Amendments.
What is register to vote?
This state recognized Juneteenth as a holiday in 1991.
What is Florida?
Before Juneteenth, this date was widely celebrated in Florida as Emancipation Day.
What is January 1?
What President made Juneteenth a federal holiday?
In 2021 President Joe Biden signed a law marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
This Florida city is one of the most well-known for historic Emancipation Day celebrations
What is Tallahassee?
This type of soda is a traditional beverage at Juneteenth celebrations because of this red fruit that becomes in-season in late spring/early summer.
What is strawberry soda?
In this 1865, slavery (except in cases of punishment for a crime) was officially abolished in the United States by this Constitutional Amendment.
What is the 13th Amendment?
What was the amount of enslaved black people in the state of Texas when troops arrived?
More than 250,000
This Florida city is known for its historic Black community called LaVilla.
What is Jacksonville?
What famous 19th Century African American abolitonist, writer, and newspaper publisher said these words: "What to the Slave is Fourth of July?".
Who is Frederick Douglass
This is often read aloud at Juneteenth events.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?