People designed this flag to tell the story of Juneteenth
The colors: The colors of the American flag – red white and blue
This is to say that the people freed in Texas were American citizens
The 5-point star is a symbol for Texas (the Lone Star State)
Texas is where the Juneteenth holiday started
They added the big star to tell about the spread of freedom
Skills of art, life, beauty and family
Crushed by forces we knew nothing of, we rose
Survive we must, we did,
We rose
We rose to be you, we rose to be me,
Above everything expected, we rose
To become the knowledge we never knew,
We rose
Dream, we did
Act we must
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Black slaves are smuggled through the Texas port of Galveston.
Mexico adopts a constitution freeing the slaves within its borders, including Texas, but American settlers in Texas continue to hold slaves.
The Texas Revolution erupts against Mexico and leads to the formation of the independent Republic of Texas.
Texas enters the Union as the 28th state; it is admitted as a slave state.
Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.
President Abraham Lincoln read the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the United States.
Soldiers from the 62nd United States Colored Troops are involved in the last military skirmish of the Civil War at White's Ranch in Texas.
First Juneteenth. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army rode into Galveston, Texas, to announce (belatedly) the emancipation of African slaves.
Juneteenth became an official holiday in Texas
Maryland Governor, Larry Hogan (R), issues a proclamation recognizing Juneteenth as an Official State Holiday to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
US President Joe Biden officially makes June 19th - Juneteenth a national holiday.
With Minneasota and Tennessee, there are now at least 22 states and the District of Columbia that have designated Juneteenth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation or executive action.
Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden at the White House.
Work Cited:
Juneteenth/ African American History in Texas Timeline
Jones, H. J. (2020). Texas Timeline. In The American Mosaic: The African American Experience. Retrieved from http://africanamerican.abc-clio.com.pgcmls.idm.oclc.org/Search/Display/1541499.
Brooks, C. (2020). Juneteenth. In The American Mosaic: The African American Experience. Retrieved from http://africanamerican.abc-clio.com.pgcmls.idm.oclc.org/Search/Display/1401858