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Mark Your Calendars For Juneteenth 2021 Events In Oakland And Beyond
06.02.2021
Juneteenth, observed annually on June 19, celebrates the news of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States reaching Southern Texas. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law. This declared all enslaved individuals in the southern rebellion states “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
This news took more than two years to reach all Southern states. On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that all enslaved individuals were now free. The following year, freedmen in Texas organized the first of what became the annual celebration of “Jubilee Day” on June 19. Today, Jubilee Day, widely referred to as Juneteenth, is celebrated and commemorated across the United States.
Learn more about the history of Juneteenth:
- Juneteenth in Oakland, The Oakland Public Library
- What Is Juneteenth?, PBS
- The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth, The Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History & Culture
Mark Your Calendars For These Juneteenth 2021 Events
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