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Taking photos in a nearby town, I stumbled on this Juneteenth celebration. The owner of the barbershop asked me to hang around and take photos of the day.
The town has a large Hispanic community and the celebration was a real melting pot of ethnicities. The overarching theme of the day was love, joy and acceptance, not because organizers made it a slogan, it is just the way people were meeting each other. It was the most joyous community festival I have ever attended, and I am so happy I got to be a part of it.
Juneteenth Holiday Celebration is on 6-19 although federal holiday is on Friday this year!
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Taking photos in a nearby town, I stumbled on this Juneteenth celebration. The owner of the barbershop asked me to hang around and take photos of the day.
The town has a large Hispanic community and the celebration was a real melting pot of ethnicities. The overarching theme of the day was love, joy and acceptance, not because organizers made it a slogan, it is just the way people were meeting each other. It was the most joyous community festival I have ever attended, and I am so happy I got to be a part of it.
Taking photos in a nearby town, I stumbled on this Juneteenth celebration. The owner of the barbershop asked me to hang around and take photos of the day.
The town has a large Hispanic community and the celebration was a real melting pot of ethnicities. The overarching theme of the day was love, joy and acceptance, not because organizers made it a slogan, it is just the way people were meeting each other. It was the most joyous community festival I have ever attended, and I am so happy I got to be a part of it.
Oreo Shake at the Sugar Land Jazz Festival.
Never heard of Juneteenth before moving to Houston in 1971, thought for a long time it was only a Texas thing. Became a national holiday under Biden. Here’s a history:
open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-18-2025...
Churchill said Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing, after exhausting all other options.
Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue!
It's insane to me to think that it took two years after the Civil War for all enslaved to be free. Even more insane, it is taking almost 200 years after the Civil War for African American humans to be treated with respect and to have true freedom.
True freedom means walking down the street and not worrying about being a victim of a hate crime. True freedom means having the same level of health care if you get sick. True freedom means having a richness in your environment that includes quality schools and food. True freedom means you are not imprisoned for profit for crimes you may have not committed or drugs the police planted on you. (And I must assert here that I view most prisons but especially for profit prisons as just modern day slavery). True freedom means you work hard and you get the same job and same pay scale as someone who is white and you aren't told by the boss you're just a "diversity hire" or "helping them reach their quota." True freedom means you are entitled to the same rights and treatment and opportunities as every white citizen.
We must do better. We have wasted far too many years living in an oppressive state of being. Audre Lorde said, “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” I would say human. And, when one human is not free, neither are we.
Above: beautiful humans watching from above as the Black Trans Lives Matter march passes through.
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Juneteenth Celebration in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA. Thousands of people gathered together for a day of celebration in which in 1865 did slaves in Texas found out they were free, however the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln was in 1863. This moment is even more powerful this year, because the entire world has been in an uproar to fight back against the injustices from police brutality against black people. People want change and they have time and time again shown up in numbers to make it known, this time is no different.
Juneteenth Celebration in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA. Thousands of people gathered together for a day of celebration in which in 1865 did slaves in Texas found out they were free, however the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln was in 1863. This moment is even more powerful this year, because the entire world has been in an uproar to fight back against the injustices from police brutality against black people. People want change and they have time and time again shown up in numbers to make it known, this time is no different.
Juneteenth Celebration in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA. Thousands of people gathered together for a day of celebration in which in 1865 did slaves in Texas found out they were free, however the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln was in 1863. This moment is even more powerful this year, because the entire world has been in an uproar to fight back against the injustices from police brutality against black people. People want change and they have time and time again shown up in numbers to make it known, this time is no different.
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
Toni Morrison, “Beloved”
Today on Juneteenth, the day we celebrate the end of slavery, the day we memorialize those who offered us hope for the future and the day when we renew our commitment to the struggle for freedom.
Angela Davis
I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
Harriet Tubman
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.
Fannie Lou Hamer
Liberty is slow fruit. It is never cheap; it is made difficult because freedom is the accomplishment and perfectness of man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Malcolm X
I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
Frederick Douglass
Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
Coretta Scott King
Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.
Kwame Nkrumah
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
Desmond Tutu
Flickr friends let's finally get together and spread friendship, equality and love to all! And let everyone be free to be themselves and count as another important person on this earth.
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Juneteenth Celebration in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA. Thousands of people gathered together for a day of celebration in which in 1865 did slaves in Texas found out they were free, however the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln was in 1863. This moment is even more powerful this year, because the entire world has been in an uproar to fight back against the injustices from police brutality against black people. People want change and they have time and time again shown up in numbers to make it known, this time is no different.
Juneteenth Celebration in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA. Thousands of people gathered together for a day of celebration in which in 1865 did slaves in Texas found out they were free, however the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln was in 1863. This moment is even more powerful this year, because the entire world has been in an uproar to fight back against the injustices from police brutality against black people. People want change and they have time and time again shown up in numbers to make it known, this time is no different.
Juneteenth Celebration in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA. Thousands of people gathered together for a day of celebration in which in 1865 did slaves in Texas found out they were free, however the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln was in 1863. This moment is even more powerful this year, because the entire world has been in an uproar to fight back against the injustices from police brutality against black people. People want change and they have time and time again shown up in numbers to make it known, this time is no different.
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States honoring African American heritage by commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. State of Texas in 1865. Celebrated on June 19, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth.
A panel from the Texas African American History Memorial in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the state on June 19th, 1865. The monument by sculptor Ed Dwight was installed in 2016.
We honor Juneteenth by celebrating African Americans' contributions to our nation and supporting black-owned businesses. Here's to celebrating freedom today and every day!
"If there is just about anything to rejoice about, it can be my ancestors, African People who survived the atrocity and stain of slavery…I honor them these days with a guarantee that I will keep on to combat for your unexplored desires and hopes." — Viola Davis, Actress, Author, and Producer.
Raising awareness: What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, is an annual holiday celebrated in the United States on June 19. It commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and the end of slavery in the United States.
The history of Juneteenth dates back to June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, which declared that all slaves in Texas were free. This announcement came more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation officially abolished slavery in the Confederate states on January 1, 1863. However, due to the minimal presence of Union troops in Texas, the proclamation was not effectively enforced until General Granger's arrival.
Juneteenth celebrations typically involve various activities, including parades, picnics, cookouts, family gatherings, music, dancing, and educational events. It is a time for African Americans and others to reflect on their ancestors' struggles and achievements and celebrate freedom and equal rights.
In recent years, there has been a growing movement to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday in the United States. On June 17, 2021, it was officially declared a federal holiday when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. This designation makes Juneteenth the 12th federal holiday and the first new one to be added since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.
The recognition of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is seen as an essential step in acknowledging the historical significance of emancipation and the ongoing struggle for racial equality in the United States. It provides an opportunity for all Americans to learn about and honor the contributions of African Americans to the nation's history and culture.
#BlackIndependenceDay
Juneteenth Celebration in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA. Thousands of people gathered together for a day of celebration in which in 1865 did slaves in Texas found out they were free, however the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln was in 1863. This moment is even more powerful this year, because the entire world has been in an uproar to fight back against the injustices from police brutality against black people. People want change and they have time and time again shown up in numbers to make it known, this time is no different.