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Juneteenth (offiziell Juneteenth National Independence Day; auch Black Independence Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day) ist ein Gedenk- und Feiertag zur Erinnerung an die Befreiung der afroamerikanischen Bevölkerung der Vereinigten Staaten aus der Sklaverei, der jährlich am 19. Juni begangen wird.
Juneteenth falls on June 19 and has often been celebrated on the third Saturday in June. Historian Mitch Kachun considers that celebrations of the end of slavery have three goals: "to celebrate, to educate, and to agitate".
Vor 3 Tagen · Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, observed annually on June 19. It became a federal holiday in 2021. Organizations in a number of other countries also use the day to recognize the end of slavery and to celebrate the culture and achievements of African Americans.
19. Juni 2023 · President Biden signed legislation in 2021 that made Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, a federal holiday, after interest in the day was renewed during the summer of 2020 and the nationwide...
19. Juni 2015 · Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The...
12. Juni 2023 · With Granger’s announcement, June 19—which would eventually come to be known as Juneteenth—became a day to celebrate the end of slavery in Texas. As newly freed Texans began moving to...
17. Juni 2021 · On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, who had fought for the Union, led a force of soldiers to Galveston, Texas, to deliver a very important message: The war was finally over, the Union...
19. Juni 2020 · On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas with news of freedom. More than 250,000 African Americans embraced freedom by executive decree in what became known as Juneteenth or Freedom Day.
17. Juni 2020 · Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers read the Emancipation Proclamation aloud in Galveston, Texas. Here, a celebration in Richmond, Virginia in 1905. Photograph via...
Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as " Juneteenth ," by the newly freed people in Texas.
