Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement.
Learn More About Juneteenth History
Britannica.com Video:– The history of the Juneteenth holiday,
a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States
Ways to Celebrate
TALK: ON JUNETEENTH by Annette Gordon-Reed – In celebration of the month of JUNETEENTH, an exclusive recorded interview with author Annette Gordon-Reed will be shown. Gordon-Reed is the author of the critically acclaimed new bestseller,
ON JUNETEENTH.
Online, June 15 from 6:30 to 7:30 – Register HERE
LISTEN: A rendition of the Negro National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing“
from The National Museum of African American History and Culture
MAKE: A Flag 
READ: Official Juneteenth Poem
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Official Juneteenth Poem We Rose From Africa’s heart, we rose Already a people, our faces ebon, our bodies lean, We rose Skills of art, life, beauty and family Survive we must, we did, We rose to be you, we rose to be me, To become the knowledge we never knew, Dream, we did |
| Kristina Kay, We Rose © 1996, Juneteenth.com |
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