Jun 20, 2008
More Juneteenth Posts
Categories: African-American, Blogging
Written By: Shawn Williams
It did my heart good on yesterday to see so much national discussion around Juneteenth. Check out some of these blogs that decided to share their thoughts.
Black Perspective - D.Yobachi Boswell
Electronic Village - Wayne Hicks
Fort Wayne African-American Independent Woman
Problem Chylde: In her solitude - M/Sylvia
Ultraviolet Underground - Purple Zoe
Thanks to Carmen D. from All About Race for making this an Afrospear wide event.
July 8th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Great seeing Mr Verdie Triplett getting around spreading the message about OUR history and the plight of Freedman. We were very proud to have Verdie grace the stage and speak during our last 2 Juneteenth Celebrations here in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Juneteenth is America’s 2nd Independence Day celebration. Americans of African descent were trapped in the tyranny of enslavement on the country’s first “4th of July”, 1776, Independence Day.
It took over 88 for the news of freedom to be announced in Southwest Texas, over two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln.
29 states recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday or state holiday observance, the District of Columbia, as well as the Congress of the United States.
Together we will see Juneteenth become a national holiday in America!
“DOC”
Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D.
Chairman
National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign
National Juneteenth Observance Foundation (NJOF)
National Juneteenth Christian Leadership Council (NJCLC)
http://www.Juneteenth.us
http://www.19thofJune.com
http://www.njclc.com
http://www.JuneteenthJazz.com