Juneteenth: Racial Justice Policy in Action
Heather Dray
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Pew Research Center · 9 June 2023 English
This year, at least 28 states and the District of Columbia will legally recognize Juneteenth as a public holiday.
IPA: Innovation for Poverty Action · 1 November 2023 English
Brookings Institution · 15 June 2021 English
Every year on June 19, Americans have the opportunity to commemorate Juneteenththe day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the state and liberate …
Brookings Institution · 18 June 2020 English
As Black Americans have progressed from being owned to becoming owners, the state of Black businesses can offer insights into the advancement of race relations and democracy in America. And …
Brookings Institution · 19 June 2020 English
Jones wordsseemlikethe type of statement anewlyliberatedBlack person would have made onone ofthoseJuneteenth daysin Texas. On June 19, 1865,Black people inGalvestonlearned of their freedom.This occurred nearly two years after the Emancipation …
Chrysalis · 29 June 2021 English
@issue is published by the Chrysalis Foundation to provide timely and relevant information about the lives of girls and women in our community. [...] This year, her efforts paid off …
ADL: Anti-Defamation League · 7 December 2021 English
The holiday’s name is a blending of the words “June” and "nineteenth." Juneteenth commemorates the day in history that Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed the …
More in Common · 6 June 2022 English
Beginning in February 2022, More in Common began organizing monthly meetings of a table of non-profits and civil society partners who are similarly invested in the subject of American history …
