Juneteenth: Resources

"Texas is a wonderful state in more ways than one. Looking at it from our point of view, they can deal out some of the most UNJUST JUSTICE and then, as if to relieve their conscience, they can flop over, and do the most gracious things." July 3rd, 1915

"Ex-Slaves To Be Honored At Annual Frolic: Emancipation Park Waits Throngs For Barbecue And Dance Program." June 10th, 1939

"It's Juneteenth in Texas. To Texans, the word means liberation from slavery and the time for celebration; for on Juneteenth (June 19), 84 years ago, Union troops finally arrived in the state, assuring freedom for the oppressed." June 25th 1949

WASHINGTON: Upwards of 100,000 students, churchmen, government workers, housewives, union members, and other sympathetic citizens are expected to take part Wednesday in a massive "Juneteenth Day" rally in support of the Poor People's March." June 17th, 1968

Podcast, videos, article references, and datasets from the Inter University Consortium for Political and Social Research (of which St. Thomas is a member).

In her new book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed explores the tangled history and equally tangled meaning of the Texas holiday that has gone national

The article discusses the teaching of the significance of the Emancipation Day, or Juneteenth. The author pays attention to historical data from 19 June 1865, when after the end of the U.S. Civil War, Union Brigadier General Gordon Granger officially announced to the slaves in Texas that they were free by reading General Orders No. 3.

Ralph Ellison's second novel, Juneteenth, echoes one of the crucial themes of his first--how stories get told, whose stories should be told and what history is to be believed. A novel about liberation, Juneteenth explores much more than a day in history. It argues for the necessity to keep the past in the present, through celebration, art and remembrance.

The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act passed the Senate by unanimous consent on June 15, 2021, and the House on June 16, 2021, and was signed into law as Public Law 117-17.

The National Museum of African History and Culture presents a collection of videos that highlights historic and contemporary celebrations of this holiday.