HISTORY
Juneteenth celebrates the day enslaved people in this state learned they were free.
What is Texas?
Juneteenth is also called this.
What is Freedom Day?
Juneteenth reminds people to continue working toward this.
What is equality?
Juneteenth is about remembering history and also celebrating this.
What is progress and community?
Before Juneteenth, millions of African Americans were held in this system.
What is slavery?
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in this year.
What is 2021?
Name one common Juneteenth celebration activity.
What are parades, cookouts, festivals, music, family gatherings, or community events?
True or False: Freedom for everyone happened instantly after the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is False?
Name a way schools or youth groups can celebrate Juneteenth.
What is hosting discussions, art projects, service projects, or cultural events?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This document officially declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Juneteenth flag includes a bursting star symbolizing this.
What is new freedom and opportunity?
Name one way teens can honor Juneteenth today.
What is volunteering, learning history, supporting community events, attending celebrations, or having conversations?
Freedom also includes having access to this for future success.
What is education and opportunity?
Juneteenth marks freedom being announced, but this amendment permanently abolished slavery nationwide.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution?
Juneteenth is celebrated each year on this date.
What is June 19?
Juneteenth combines the words “June” and this number.
What is nineteenth?
Juneteenth teaches that laws alone are not enough without this.
What is action and implementation?
Why do people celebrate Juneteenth if slavery officially ended later with the 13th Amendment?
Because Juneteenth marks the moment freedom was finally announced and experienced by many enslaved people in Texas and became a lasting symbol of freedom, progress, and community.
The 13th Amendment was ratified in this year.
What is 1865?
Even after freedom was announced, many enslaved people didn’t learn immediately because of this.
What is delayed communication and lack of enforcement?
On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in this city to announce freedom.
What is Galveston?
This word means giving people fair opportunities and access.
WHAT IS EQUALITY?
What color is often connected to Juneteenth celebrations?
WHAT IS RED?
Approximately how many years passed between the Declaration of Independence and Juneteenth?
What is about 89 years?