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Passed the House on June 16, 2021 (415–14) Signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 17, 2021. Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States. For decades, activists and congress members (led by many African Americans) proposed legislation, advocated for, and built support for state and national observances.
“There were Black people that were free before June 19, 1865, free before December, 1865 [when the 13th Amendment passed], free before April 15, 1865, when the Civil War ended, and free before ...
Known by many names, including Black Independence Day, Freedom Day and its official title, Juneteenth National Independence Day, the annual June 19 commemoration of the end of slavery in the ...
Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Black Independence Day, is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. The annual celebration ...
On June 19, 1865 — Juneteenth — U.S. Army general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced General Order No. 3, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas, [26] which was the last state of the Confederacy with slavery. Juneteenth has been celebrated annually on June 19 ever since in various parts of the United States.
Clara Peoples ( Née Clara Mae Walker [6]) was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on 8 September 1926. She moved to Vanport, Oregon in 1945, working for Kaiser Shipyards during the World War 2 shipbuilding efforts, where she started a Juneteenth event in 1945. Her family was flooded and displaced in the 1948 Vanport floods.
In 2021, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday by signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. It’s celebrated annually on June 19th. It’s celebrated annually on June 19th.
On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived at the port of Galveston, Texas and announced that slavery had been ended with General Order No. 3. The Juneteenth Flag has the date of June 19, 1865 displayed on it. One year later freed slaves in Texas celebrated the first Juneteenth on June 19, and it was called "Jubilee Day". [10]