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African American Affairs Ministry Diocese of Charlotte African American Affairs Ministry Diocese of Charlotte African American Affairs Ministry Diocese of Charlotte African American Affairs Ministry Diocese of Charlotte Summer 2021 Vol. I Juneteenth A time: "to celebrate, to educate, and to agitate" Mitch Kachun Juneteenth (a blending of June In 1872 black leaders raised $1,000 and nineteenth) is also known as for the purchase of 10 acres of land Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liber- to celebrate, today that land is ation Day, and Emancipation Day. known as Houston's Emancipation General Orders, No. 3. U.S. House, 54th Congress, 1st Session (H. Doc. 369, Part 2). “General Order Park. During the 1890s Jubilee Number 3,” 1896. U.S. Documents Collection. Y 1.1/2: SERIAL 3437 Original Celebrations became known as Juneteenth with Formerly enslaved people in the celebration drawing thousands On June 19, 1865, about two Galveston immediately celebrated of attendees across Texas with an months after the Confederate after the announcement. The fol- estimated 30,000 black people general Robert E. Lee surrendered lowing year, freedmen in Texas celebrating at Booker T. Washing- at Appomattox, Va., Gordon organized the first of what became ton Park in 1898. By the early Granger, a Union general, arrived the annual celebration of "Jubilee 1900s, Juneteenth celebrations had in Galveston, Texas, to inform Day" on June 19. The observances spread across Texas, southeast enslaved African-Americans of included prayer meetings and the Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, their freedom and that the Civil singing of spirituals, celebrants and parts of Louisiana. Celebra- War had ended. General wore new clothes as a way of repre- tions also appeared in Alabama, Granger’s announcement through senting their newfound freedom. Florida, and California as African General Orders No. 3 put into Jubilee Day was also civic celebra- American Texans migrated. effect the Emancipation Procla- tions that, “took on broader impli- mation, which had been issued cations for citizenship.” During the more than two and a half years celebrations, Blacks discussed earlier on Jan. 1, 1863, by voting rights, encouraged attendees President Abraham Lincoln. to participate in the political pro- cess and gave voting instructions. In cities where black people were barred from using public parks Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration, because of segregation of facilities, June 19, 1900, Texas photo by By Mrs. Charles Stephenson (Grace Murray) - freed people pooled their funds to The Portal to Texas History Austin History Center, Austin Public Library., Public Domain, https:// purchase land to hold their celebra- commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=879725 The Juneteenth flag. It symbolizes freedom and justice for Black tions. Americans and African Americans Page 2 African American Affairs Ministry Diocese of Charlotte Juneteenth Cont... Decline Revival Juneteenth a paid Texas state holiday. Throughout the 1980s and The early 20th century economic 1990s Juneteenth continued to and political forces contributed to enjoy a growing and healthy inter- the sharp decline in Juneteenth est from communities and organi- celebrations. Texas and all other zations throughout the country as Confederate states passed new African Americans wanted to constitutions and amendments ensure that the events of 1865 in that effectively disenfranchised Photo of State Rep. Al Edwards standing next to Miss Juneteenth Tawana Shotwell and Mayor Gus Manuel at Ashton Villa June 19 1980 Texas are not forgotten. Many see black people and excluded them Phot courtesy of The Daily News, Galveston County https:// www.galvnews.com/lifestyle/free/article_ad7031c1-2a32- roots tying back to Texas soil from from the political process; while 5e5c-a2f7-dd920044fb00.html which all remaining American white-dominated state legislatures The Civil Rights movement of the slaves were finally granted their passed Jim Crow laws imposing 1950s and 1960s yielded both freedom. By the late 1980s, there second-class status on their Black positive and negative results for were major celebrations of citizens. The Depression forced the Juneteenth celebrations. Juneteenth in California, Wiscon- many blacks off of farms and into While it pulled many of the African sin, Illinois, Georgia, and Wash- the cities to find work; many Afri- American youth away and into the ington, D.C. The Mascogos, the can-Americans migrated north struggle for racial equality, many descendants of Black Seminoles, where employers were less eager to linked these struggles to the who have resided in Coahuila, grant leaves to celebrate this date. historical struggles of their ances- Mexico, since 1852, also celebrate In addition, July 4th was the tors. In Atlanta campaigners for Juneteenth. already established Independence equality began wearing Juneteenth The 1991, exhibition by the holiday, and a rise in patriotism buttons and in 1968 during the Anacostia Museum (part of the among black Americans steered Poor People's Campaign to Wash- Smithsonian Institution) called more toward this celebration. ington, DC, the Southern Christian “Juneteenth ’91, Freedom Revisit- Leadership Conference made June ed gave the holiday increasing 19 the "Solidarity Day of the Poor mainstream attention in the US. In People’s Campaign". In 1974, 1999, Ralph Ellison's novel Houston began holding large-scale Juneteenth was published, while celebrations again. Subsequent depictions in entertainment media revivals and large celebrations in has helped Juneteenth gain main- Minneapolis, Milwaukee as well as stream awareness outside African- across the Eastern United States American communities emerged. In 1979, Democratic State Representative Al Edwards of Houston, Texas, successfully sponsored legislation to make African American Affairs Ministry Page 3 Diocese of Charlotte Juneteenth Cont... Modern Day Celebrations Juneteenth is usually celebrated on the third Saturday in June. Observances today are primarily local. Celebrations include picnics, rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family re- unions, park parties, historical reenactments, blues festivals, readings of the Emanci- pation Proclamation, singing traditional songs, readings of works by noted African- American writers, such as Ralph Ellison and Maya Angelou, lectures and exhibitions on African-American culture and Miss Juneteenth contests. Celebrations are commonly accompanied by voter registration efforts and community leaders have used Juneteenth to help instill a sense of heritage and pride in their youth. The modern holiday places much emphasis upon teaching about African-American heritage. By 2019, 47 states and the District of Columbia recognized Juneteenth, although only one state (Texas) has adopted the holiday as a paid holiday for state employees. The only three states yet to establish Juneteenth as a holiday are Hawaii, North Dakota, and South Dakota. In 2020, state governors of Virginia, New York, and New Jersey signed an executive order recognizing Juneteenth as a paid day of leave for state employees. "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Execu- tive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection hereto- fore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere." General Orders, No. 3. U.S. House, 54th Congress, 1st Session (H. Doc. 369, Part 2). “General Order Number 3,” 1896. U.S. Documents Collection. Y 1.1/2: SERIAL 3437 Members of Urban Masquerade dance Emancipation Day celebration in down Fillmore Street during the Emancipation Day Parade Lincolnville, Virginia 1905 Juneteenth celebration in the Fillmore district in 2016. Florida, Photo By VCU Libraries http:// Public Domain dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/ Photo: Michael Short / Special To The item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/pos Chronicle https:// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ card&CISOPTR=595&CIS datebook.sfchronicle.com/guide/juneteenth- Emancipation_Day#/media/ OBOX=1&REC=17, Public 2020-how-to-celebrate-virtually-in-the-bay-area File:Emancipation_Day_Parade_Lincolnville Domain, https:// ,_Florida_(1920s).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php? curid=14608786 Sources https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44865.pdf https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/juneteenth.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth http://nationaljuneteenth.com/Juneteenth_Movement.html https://www.history.com/news/what-is-juneteenth https://www.galvnews.com/lifestyle/free/article_ad7031c1-2a32-5e5c-a2f7- dd920044fb00.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/juneteenth-our-other-independence-day- 16340952/ Page 4 African American Affairs Ministry Diocese of Charlotte The Fight Continues to Eradicate Systemic Racism Racism is an attack on the image of God that has been given to every one of us by the Creator (Gen. 5:1-3). Because each person has been created by God, we are all united together with the Lord and with each other. Racism rejects what God has done by refusing to acknowledge the image of God in the other, the stranger and the one who is different. The fact that we were created in the image of God should remind us that each person is a living expression of God that must be respected and preserved and never dishonored. When asked which was the first of all the commandments,
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