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Juneteenth Declared National Holiday - 2021

FEDERAL GOVERMENT

President Joe Biden signs law making Juneteenth a National Holiday

STATE OF MARYLAND

Governor Larry Hogan issues a proclamation in honor of Juneteenth

What is Juneteenth?

Juneteenth is the holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when Union Soliers arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the freedom of slaves. This was over two years after The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.

The term Juneteenth is a combination of the words June and nineteenth. The holiday has also been referred to as called Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day.

Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 and officially became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021.

The Meaning of Juneteenth Colors

Although a red, white, and blue flag is closely associated with Juneteenth, many people of African American heritage celebrate with the red, green, and black Pan-African flag, which was created in 1920. Yellow is often included in the color scheme associated with the flag as well.

RED
Represents Blood and History

BLACK
Represents Melanin and Shared Identity

GREEN
Represents Mother Nature

YELLOW
Represents the Sun and Prosperity

Maryland Juneteenth Events - 2024

Maryland Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)

Bowie State University

Coppin State University

Morgan State University

Univ. of MD Eastern Shore

A MIND IS A

TERRIBLE THING

TO WASTE

CONTRIBUTE TO THE

UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND

Cultural

CHURCHES

MUSEUMS

RESTAURANTS

Civic Organizations

Associated
Black Charities

Maryland Black Chamber
of Commerce

Maryland Office of Minority Business Enterprise

NAACP Maryland State Conference

MARYLAND'S FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR

Born Westley Watende Omari Moore in Takoma Park, Maryland in 1978, Wes Moore is Maryland’s first Black Governor and only the third African American elected Governor in the history of the United States. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a master’s degree from Wolfson College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Governor Wes Moore
(Served January 18, 2023 – Present)

Wes Moore served our country as a captain and paratrooper with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne.
Moore is the bestselling author of “The Other Wes Moore”, a book that became a New York Times bestseller. He is the founder and former CEO of BridgeEdU, and past CEO of The Robin Hood Foundation, one of the nation’s largest non-profit poverty-fighting organizations.

Historical Firsts in U.S. Government

FIRST
Black Supreme Court Justice

Thurgood Marshall

(Served 1967 – 1991)

FIRST
Black
President

Barack Obama

(Served 2008 – 2012)

FIRST
Black
First Lady

Michelle Obama

(Served 2008 – 2012)

FIRST
Black/Female/Asian Vice President

Kamala Harris

(Served 2021 – Present)

FIRST
Female Supreme Court Justice

Katanji Brown Jackson

(Served 2022 – Present)

Remembering the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on Black Wall Street

The Tulsa Race Massacre took place for more than 18 hours in the Greenwood section of Tulsa Oklahoma, known as Black Wall Street, from May 31 to June 1, 1921. The predominantly Black community was attacked by a white mob that burned and destroyed homes and businesses. The massacre began when Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old Black teenager, was falsely accused of assaulting a 17-year-old white elevator operator.

Black Wall Street Burning Movie

This film is a retelling of the worst act of American terrorism and racism in American History.

Did you know there were other Black Wall Streets?
This book is a must read!

Written by Baltimore Journalist, Doni Glover