This informational blog focuses on all things related to Juneteenth. This year marks the 1st annual celebration of Juneteenth as a recognized federal holiday. African Americans have long celebrated Freedom Day or Emancipation Day or Jubilee. The celebration originated in Texas. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, it did not liberate enslaved people in areas under Confederate control . Freedom did not come to enslaved African Americans in Texas until June 19, 1865. More than 2,000 Union Troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas and announced that all enslaved people in the state of Texas were free by executive decree. Henceforth, this day was celebrated as Juneteenth.
NOTE: This blog was reprinted with and compiled by Abdul Akailmat, PhD
General on the national holiday General on the Texas holiday Media Organizations Texas Curriculum
General on January 1st
Black Past https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/january-1-1863-when-new-years-day-meant-freedom/
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
Food and other traditions https://www.today.com/tmrw/black-new-year-s-eve-traditions-covid-19-can-t-t203786
General on June 19th (6 months later)
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
Congressional Research Service https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44865.pdf
What to eat on Juneteenth https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a36479941/juneteenth-food-traditions/
Media
New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html
PBS https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is-juneteenth/
CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/what-is-juneteenth-holidays-history-explained.html
CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/us/what-is-juneteenth-trnd/index.html
Organizations
National African American Museum of History and Culture https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/juneteenth
ASALH https://asalh.org/why-juneteenth-matters/
California Historical Association https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/blog/the-history-of-juneteenth/
Library of Congress Blog https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2015/06/celebrating-juneteenth/
Texas
University of Texas at Austin https://diversity.utexas.edu/2021/06/04/2021-juneteenth-celebrations/
Historical marker https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5507017991/print
State holiday https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texas-bill-makes-juneteenth-an-official-state-holiday
Texas State Historical Association https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/juneteenth
Curriculum
New York City Department of Education https://www.schools.nyc.gov/learning/subjects/social-studies/juneteenth
Learning for Justice https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/teaching-juneteenth
Democracy and Me https://www.democracyandme.org/a-brief-history-of-juneteenth-including-resources-for-teachers-and-home-school-parents/
We are teachers https://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-juneteenth/