On Juneteeth, I Celebrate the Journey Black People Made for Freedom in America

On Juneteeth, I celebrate the journey Black people made for freedom in America

Juneteenth is a federal holiday for Black Americans to celebrate the emancipation of our enslaved ancestors and honor their sacrifice.

Today we celebrate freedom, and also the work that still remains.

Explore Juneteenth celebrations and ongoing struggles for racial justice. Celebrate progress while acknowledging the work ahead.

Juneteenth Was Meant to Celebrate Freedom — Now It Highlights America’s Racial Regression

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, Americans have wrestled with what to make of the holiday. What is Juneteenth? What is the proper way to celebrate it? Should holiday observers attend barbecues and cookouts? Should Juneteenth’s observance be a day of learning? Is there a way …