Juneteenth
June 19, 1865
“Emancipation Day”
1. emancipation:
2. sham
3. injustice
4. disgrace
5. Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating
6. On July 4, 1776, American leaders signed this important letter to King George of England:
7. These American leaders wrote the Declaration:
8. The Declaration said, "All men are created equal." Why was this not true? Write a sentence.
9. On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass said celebrating July 4 was
10. Why did Douglass say that? Write a sentence:
1. emancipation:
2. sham
3. injustice
4. disgrace
5. Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating
6. On July 4, 1776, American leaders signed this important letter to King George of England:
7. These American leaders wrote the Declaration:
8. The Declaration said, "All men are created equal." Why was this not true? Write a sentence.
9. On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass said celebrating July 4 was
10. Why did Douglass say that? Write a sentence:
11. Abraham Lincoln won the election this year::
12. The Civil War began this year:
13. Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on this date:
14. The Emancipation Proclamation freed how many people?
15. In 1865, the Civil War ended when proslavery Confederate states
16. How did slow communication hurt African Americans in the 1860s?
17. Union General Gordon Granger commanded Texas after the Civil War. Many people did not hear about
emancipation. General Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation to everyone in Texas on this date:
18. People in Texas started celebrating Juneteenth in this year:
19. Juneteenth became very popular all over the USA in 2020 after protests about the murder of this man:
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Juneteenth Timeline
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Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
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Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
1776
1776
1776
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
1776
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
?
1776
I was not equal!
I was enslaved in America. In 1776, I ran
away. I became a British soldier and
I fought Americans.
On July 5, 1852, activist Frederick Douglass made a speech in Rochester, New York.
1852
What, to the American slave,
is your 4th of July?
1852
I answer: a day that reveals...
gross injustice.
1852
To him, your celebration is
a sham...
1852
...a disgrace...
1852
There is not a nation on the earth guilty
of practices more shocking and bloody
than are the people of the United States,
at this very hour.
1852
This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.
You may rejoice, I must mourn.
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1860
1861
On September 22, 1862,
President Abraham Lincoln
signed the Emancipation
Proclamation: 3 million
Southern enslaved people will be
free on January 1, 1863.
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1862
On September 22, 1862,
President Abraham Lincoln
signed the Emancipation
Proclamation: 3 million
Southern enslaved people will be
free on January 1, 1863.
1862
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1863
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The Emancipation Declaration is a wonderful paper.
But where will we go? We cannot escape.
Free states are too far away.
After four years of war, the South surrendered.
The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
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After four years of war, the South surrendered.
The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
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U.S. Brigadier General Gordon Granger 1865
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The U.S. army sent General Granger to command Texas after the surrender.
Galveston
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Emancipation
Proclamation?
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I made a speech about Emancipation
from this house in Galveston, Texas.
The people of Texas are informed
that, in accordance with a
proclamation from the Executive of
the United States, all slaves are free.
1865
1865
June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth
June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth
African American in Texas set up the first Juneteenth picnics.
1866
1866
Emancipation celebration in Washington, D.C.
Juneteenth Celebration in Texas.
1880
1900
Juneteenth Celebration in Texas.
Juneteenth Celebration in Texas.
1900
Emancipation Day Parade in Virginia.
1905
June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth
Juneteenth Celebration in Texas.
1909
Juneteenth Celebration in Houston, Texas.
1909
1925
Juneteenth Celebration in Beaumonth, Texas.
Juneteenth Celebration in Beaumonth, Texas.
1925
Juneteenth Celebration in Beaumonth, Texas.
1925
1952
Children celebrating Juneteenth in Dallas, Texas.
1976
Juneteenth parade in Houston, Texas.
1982
Juneteenth parade marchers in Phoenix, Arizona.
1992
Juneteenth dance performance, Syracuse, New York.
Juneteenth Civil War re-enactors in Atlanta.
2004
Miss Juneteenth in Denver.
2015
Odunde in Philadelphia happens the same time as Juneteenth.
2015
2015
Odunde in Philadelphia happens the same time as Juneteenth.
Buffalo soldiers lead Juneteenth parade, in San Angelo, Texas.
2018
Protestors hold George Floyd pictures in a Juneteenth rally, NYC.
2020
Protestors during a Juneteenth rally in Washington, D.C.
2020
Pan-African American flag during Juneteenth, in Seattle.
2020
Pan-African American flag near White House, Juneteenth.
2020
June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth
June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth
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1852
1860
1861
1862
1865
1865
1866
today
Juneteenth Timeline
1. emancipation:
2. sham
3. injustice
4. disgrace
5. Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating
6. On July 4, 1776, American leaders signed this important letter to King George of England:
7. These American leaders wrote the Declaration:
8. The Declaration said, "All men are created equal." Why was this not true? Write a sentence.
9. On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass said celebrating July 4 was
10. Why did Douglass say that? Write a sentence:
11. Abraham Lincoln won the election this year::
12. The Civil War began this year:
13. Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on this date:
14. The Emancipation Proclamation freed how many people?
15. In 1865, the Civil War ended when proslavery Confederate states
16. How did slow communication hurt African Americans in the 1860s?
17. Union General Gordon Granger commanded Texas after the Civil War. Many people did not hear about
emancipation. General Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation to everyone in Texas on this date:
18. People in Texas started celebrating Juneteenth in this year:
19. Juneteenth became very popular all over the USA in 2020 after protests about the murder of this man:
1870
Thomas Peterson, first African American to vote in New Jersey.

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