June
Advocacy in Action Challenge
Attend a Juneteenth event.
Host a book club reading on racial equality, support local Black-owned businesses, or engage in educational activities with children to teach them about the importance of Juneteenth.
Juneteenth
Celebrating Juneteenth National Independence Day
Crossword Puzzle: Do you know the history behind Juneteenth?
Juneteenth National Independence Day
In 2021, Juneteenth National Independence Day was designated as a federal holiday. The occasion commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
June Is a Good Month to Read “On Juneteenth”
Annette Gordon-Reed is a history professor at Harvard University who has written a book that every American should read, and it should be required reading in every high school. Her special gift as a historian is to describe the complexity of past events so that they reveal the people who made them. Then, as a social commentator, she shows how Texans and Americans are products of history by sharing stories about her family and herself.
Opal Lee: An Example of Passionate Commitment
The Grandmother of Juneteenth
Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Opal Lee, a former schoolteacher and counselor, advocated for it to be a national holiday.