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CATEGORIES:Federal and/or State Holiday
CREATED:20221201T105325
SUMMARY:Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States (https://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Federal_holiday_in_the_United_States) commemorating the emancipati
on of enslaved African Americans (https:
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans). Juneteenth marks the anniversar
y of General Order No. 3 by Major General Gordon Granger (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Granger) on June 19, 1865, proclaiming
freedom for slaves in Texas. Originating in Galveston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Galveston), the holiday has since been observed annually on June 19 in vari
ous parts of the United States, often broadly celebrating African-American culture. The day was first recognized as a feder
al holiday on June 17, 2021, when President (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
President_of_the_United_States) Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Indep
endence Day Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth#National) into la
w after the efforts of Lula Briggs Galloway, Opal Lee, and others.\nEarly celebr
ations date to 1866, at first involving church-centered community gathering
s in Texas. They spread across the South (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sou
thern_United_States) and became more commercialized in the 1920s and 1930s,
often centering on a food festival. Participants in the Great Migrati
on (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)) broug
ht these celebrations to the rest of the country. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, these celebr
ations were eclipsed by the nonviolent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonvi
olence) determination to achieve civil rights, but grew in popularity again
in the 1970s with a focus on African American freedom and A
frican-American arts. Beginning with Texas by proclamation in 1938, and
by legislation in 1979, every U.S. state (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.
S._state) and the District of Columbia has formally recognized the holiday in some way. With its adoption in pa
rts of Mexico (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico), the holiday has becom
e an international holiday. Juneteenth is celebrated by the Mascogos, descendant
s of Black Seminoles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Seminoles) who es
caped from slavery in 1852 and settled in Coahuila, Mexico (https://en.wikipedia
.org/wiki/Mexico).\nCelebratory traditions often include public readings of
the Emancipation Proclamation, singing tradit
ional songs such as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
i/Swing_Low,_Sweet_Chariot)" and "Lift Every Voice
and Sing", and the reading of works by noted African-American (https:/
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans) writers, such as Ralph Ellison and Maya Angelou (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou). Juneteent
h celebrations may also include rodeos, street fairs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St
reet_fair), cookouts, family reunions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_reun
ion), parties, historical reenactments, and Miss Jun
eteenth contests. In 2021, Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday
since Martin Luther King Jr. Day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luth
er_King_Jr._Day) was adopted in 1983.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating th
e emancipation of enslaved Afri
can Americans. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of General
Order No. 3 by Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, p
roclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas.
Originating in Galveston, the holiday has since bee
n observed annually on June 19 in various parts of the United States, often
broadly celebrating African-American culture. T
he day was first recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Indepe
ndence Day Act into law after the efforts of Lula Briggs Galloway, Opal Lee,
and others.
Early celebrations date to 1866, at first involving chur
ch-centered community gatherings in Texas. They spread across the South and became more commercialized in the 1920s and 1930s,
often centering on a food festival. Participants in the Great Migration brought these celebrations
to the rest of the country. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, these celebrations were eclipsed
by the nonviolent determination to achieve civil rights, but grew in popul
arity again in the 1970s with a focus on African American freedom and African-American arts. Beginning with Texas by proclamation i
n 1938, and by legislation in 1979, every U.S. state and the District of Columbia has formally recognized the ho
liday in some way. With its adoption in parts of Mexico, the holiday has become an i
nternational holiday. Juneteenth is celebrated by the Mascogos, descendants of <
a title="Black Seminoles" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Seminol
es">Black Seminoles who escaped from slavery in 1852 and settled in Coahuila
, Mexico.
Celebratory traditions
often include public readings of the Emancipation
Proclamation, singing traditional songs such as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Lift Every Vo
ice and Sing", and the reading of works by noted African-Ameri
can writers, such as Ralph Ellison and Maya Angelou. Juneteenth
celebrations may also include rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, par
ties, historical reenactments, and Miss Juneteenth c
ontests. In 2021, Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983.
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