Juneteenth and How Your Family Can Celebrate

What is Juneteenth?

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation but news didn't reach the enslaved in Galveston, Texas until 1865. We celebrate Juneteenth on June 19, to honor the day that ALL Black Americans became free.

How can you celebrate?

African American Museum in Philadelphia Junetheenth Celebration: https://twitter.com/aampmuseum/status/1271567397481316353

Philadelphia Virtual Juneteenth Festival: https://www.johnsonhouse.org/home/philadelphia-juneteenth-festival/

National Virtual Juneteenth Festival:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/11th-annual-juneteenth-2020-curated-virtual-festivalexperience-tickets-106607592178?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR0ck-Sr6oA4APnRzbI3qesc_7_KjnCDDW6cqjqPnzUczMQuU2a0ddmyXQQ

Juneteenth Books

More links:

https://philly.eater.com/2020/6/17/21293693/philly-food-drive-everybody-eats-chef-stephanie-willis-kurt-evans-juneteenth-celebration

https://whyy.org/articles/how-philadelphia-is-celebrating-juneteenth-this-year/

Juneteenth Resource: http://juneteenth.com/