(It became an official holiday in Texas in 1979.)
Juneteenth Quotes
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“People think its a Black thing, when its not.
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Its not a Texas thing.
Juneteenth means freedom, and I mean for everybody.”
Opal Lee
Corinne Mucha
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Corinne Mucha
“Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are.
Instead, it’s a celebration of progress.
It’s an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, things do get better.
RS/Corinne Mucha
America can change.”
President Barack Obama
3.
Michelle Obama
4.
RS/Corinne Mucha
“Happy #Juneteenth everyone!
Weve come so farbut we know we still have a long way to go.”
Halle Berry
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RS/Corinne Mucha
“I love that Juneteenth is now an official federal holiday.
A time to honor our past and those whove forged a path to our present.
Oprah Winfrey
6.
RS/Corinne Mucha
Amanda Gorman
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Shennette Garrett-Scott, PhD
8.
“We are gathered here in a house built by enslaved people.
RS/Corinne Mucha
We are footsteps away from where President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
And we are here to witness President Joe Biden establish Juneteenth as a national holiday.
We have come far.
RS/Corinne Mucha
And we have far to go.
But today is a day of celebration.
Vice President Kamala Harris
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RS/Corinne Mucha
Anthony Anderson as Andre Johnson in Black-ish (Season 4, Episode 1)
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Jamelle Bouie
11.
Being Black is your activism.
RS/Corinne Mucha
Black excellence is a form of protest.
Black joy is your right.”
Beyonce
12.
RS/Corinne Mucha
Angela Davis
13.
Theyre dancing in celebration because their lives are finally being acknowledged.”
Pharrell Williams
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Usher
15.
“Juneteenth is a day of profound weight and profound power.”
President Joseph R. Biden
Corrine Mucha
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“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
Martin Luther King Jr.
RS/Corinne Mucha
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“Black liberation has never just been about Black people.
Its been about a fight for our humanity, for our dignity.
Patrisse Cullors
18.
Sojourner Truth
19.
“Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year.
Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term.
John Lewis
20.
Jamelle Bouie
21.
“You cannot take your freedoms for granted.
Michelle Obama
22.
You cant sugarcoat it.
You have to take a stand and say, This is not right.
Claudette Colvin
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Amanda Gorman
24.
“Struggle is a never ending process.
Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
Coretta Scott King
