Juneteenth

Brands can educate their community on Juneteenth by posting educational tweets, stories, reels, or an Instagram carousel post in which your brand shares more information about the holiday and its importance. Brands should not be using Juneteenth as a way to increase sales. Do companies have to honor Juneteenth? NEW YORK — As the U.S. […]

The easiest way to wish someone a Happy Juneteenth is by messaging them and wishing them a fulfilled day. Similar to Black History Month, and other important anniversaries to Black Americans, it is important to acknowledge it as an American holiday, even if you do not celebrate it. What do you say to someone in […]

The date, June 19, Juneteenth, 1865, refers to the day when enslaved African Americans learned of their emancipation. The star represents Texas, the Lone Star State, as well as the freedom of African Americans in all 50 states. What are the colors of Juneteenth? The Juneteenth colors of red, white, and blue echo the iconic […]

Blacks began using the word Juneteenth for Jubilee Day early in the 1890s. The Current Issue, a Texas periodical, used the word as early as 1909, and that year a book on San Antonio remarked, with condescension, on “June ‘teenth’”. When did they start calling Juneteenth? Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some […]

Juneteenth is a portmanteau of two words — June and nineteenth. It refers to June 19, 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and the day that troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to free those who were still enslaved there. How did Juneteenth get its name? Juneteenth gets its name by combining both “June” […]

For many, especially in the southern United States and particularly in Texas, Juneteenth has been an emancipation celebration observed for generations. It commemorates the announcement of General Order No. 3, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. That day was when every enslaved person in the U.S. finally knew that they were […]