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2. Juneteenth
June 19, 1865
“Emancipation Day”

3. 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:

4. 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:

5. 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:

6. 1776
1852
1860
1861
1862
1865
1865
1866
today
Juneteenth Timeline

7. 1776

8. 1776

9. 1776
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams

10. 1776
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams

11. 1776

12. 1776

13. 1776

14. 1776
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

15. 1776

16. 1776

17. 1776
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

18. 1776
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

20. ?

21. 1776
I was not equal!
I was enslaved in America. In 1776, I ran
away. I became a British soldier and
I fought Americans.

22. On July 5, 1852, activist Frederick Douglass made a speech in Rochester, New York.
1852

23. What, to the American slave,
is your 4th of July?
1852

24. I answer: a day that reveals...
gross injustice.
1852

25. To him, your celebration is
a sham...
1852

26. ...a disgrace...
1852

27. 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

28. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.
You may rejoice, I must mourn.
1852

29. 1860

30. 1861

31. On September 22, 1862,
President Abraham Lincoln
signed the Emancipation
Proclamation: 3 million
Southern enslaved people will be
free on January 1, 1863.
1862

32. 1862

33. 1862

34. 1862

35. On September 22, 1862,
President Abraham Lincoln
signed the Emancipation
Proclamation: 3 million
Southern enslaved people will be
free on January 1, 1863.
1862

36. 1863

37. 1863

38. 1863

39. 1863

40. 1863

41. 1863

42. The Emancipation Declaration is a wonderful paper.
But where will we go? We cannot escape.
Free states are too far away.

43. After four years of war, the South surrendered.
The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
1865

44. After four years of war, the South surrendered.
The Civil War ended April 9, 1865.
1865

45. U.S. Brigadier General Gordon Granger 1865

46. 1865
The U.S. army sent General Granger to command Texas after the surrender.
Galveston

47. 1865
Emancipation
Proclamation?

48. 1865

50. 1865

51. 1865
I made a speech about Emancipation
from this house in Galveston, Texas.

52. The people of Texas are informed
that, in accordance with a
proclamation from the Executive of
the United States, all slaves are free.
1865

53. 1865

54. June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth

55. June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth

56. African American in Texas set up the first Juneteenth picnics.
1866

57. 1866
Emancipation celebration in Washington, D.C.

58. Juneteenth Celebration in Texas.
1880

59. 1900
Juneteenth Celebration in Texas.

60. Juneteenth Celebration in Texas.
1900

61. Emancipation Day Parade in Virginia.
1905

62. June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth
Juneteenth Celebration in Texas.
1909

63. Juneteenth Celebration in Houston, Texas.
1909

65. 1925
Juneteenth Celebration in Beaumonth, Texas.

66. Juneteenth Celebration in Beaumonth, Texas.
1925

67. Juneteenth Celebration in Beaumonth, Texas.
1925

68. 1952
Children celebrating Juneteenth in Dallas, Texas.

69. 1976
Juneteenth parade in Houston, Texas.

70. 1982
Juneteenth parade marchers in Phoenix, Arizona.

71. 1992
Juneteenth dance performance, Syracuse, New York.

72. Juneteenth Civil War re-enactors in Atlanta.
2004

73. Miss Juneteenth in Denver.
2015

74. Odunde in Philadelphia happens the same time as Juneteenth.
2015

75. 2015
Odunde in Philadelphia happens the same time as Juneteenth.

77. Buffalo soldiers lead Juneteenth parade, in San Angelo, Texas.
2018

78. Protestors hold George Floyd pictures in a Juneteenth rally, NYC.
2020

79. Protestors during a Juneteenth rally in Washington, D.C.
2020

80. Pan-African American flag during Juneteenth, in Seattle.
2020

81. Pan-African American flag near White House, Juneteenth.
2020

82. June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth

83. June + Nineteenth = Juneteenth

84. 1776
1852
1860
1861
1862
1865
1865
1866
today
Juneteenth Timeline

85. 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:

86. 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:

88. 1870
Thomas Peterson, first African American to vote in New Jersey.