Juneteenth

The History and Celebration of Juneteenth

To celebrate Juneteenth, we're highlighting an important message from @weembracerace, one of the many organizations we've supported through our giving back initiative, Radiant Colors. Our children are ready to learn about race. This graphic shared by The Children’s Community School of West Philadelphia in 2018 suggests growing awareness that children begin to notice skin color and develop racial preferences and biases early in life—much earlier than we think they do. Let's start the conversation

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday in 2021. In honor of this year’s Juneteenth, Corey D. B. Walker shares a list of readings that can help people better understand the history and meaning of the observance. | Wake Forest University

DHS Juneteenth Flag 2024

Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony - County of Union, New Jersey