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The most recognizable symbol of Juneteenth is the Juneteenth flag. [8] The flag was first flown in 2000, at Boston's Roxbury Heritage State Park. [10] Ben Haith initiated the Boston flag raising. [4] Beginning in 2020 in the United States, several state governors ordered the Juneteenth flag to be raised over their capitol buildings on June 19.
July 4th didn't set me free. Juneteenth represents freedom for Black people. #HappyJubileeDay. Join us as we celebrate Juneteenth with community events to uplift each other and fight for the future.
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
June 19, 1865, is the date in which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received the news of their freedom. This is commemorated every June 19 with Juneteenth, which is considered the longest-running African American holiday. Many in the African American community have adopted the Pan-African flag to represent Juneteenth. [14]
In conversation with theGrio, illustrator and Meghan Markle collaborator Christian Robinson discusses the inspiration behind the 2024 Juneteenth Google Doodle […]
Davian Chester (born May 27, 1993), also known as the Juneteenth Guy, is a Georgia-based political cartoonist and graphic designer.In 2019, he garnered national attention for his Juneteenth Google Doodle—an homage art piece that went viral after the company failed to create its own doodle in honor of Juneteenth. [1]