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Abbr
evia
ted
Tim
elin
e to
Fre
edom
1526
Fi
rst A
frica
n sl
aves
bro
ught
to th
e U
nite
d St
ates
17
76
Dec
lara
tion
of In
depe
nden
ce a
dopt
ed w
ithou
t ant
isla
very
prov
isio
ns
1863
Em
anci
patio
n P
rocl
amat
ion
wen
t int
o af
fect
free
ing
the
sl
aves
18
65
Sla
ves
in G
alve
ston
, Tex
as w
ere
told
they
wer
e fre
e by
�Gen
eral
Ord
er 3
� S
ourc
e: B
lack
Qui
zzes
, Afri
can-
Amer
ican
His
tory
& T
rivia
by
Ron
ald
Mat
his
ISB
N 0
-972
2894
-4-5
Idea
s to
ack
now
ledg
e or
cel
ebra
te J
unet
eent
h
• P
lan
a si
mpl
e ce
lebr
atio
n w
ith c
hild
ren,
pic
k up
a c
ake
and
go to
sc
hool
or d
ay c
are
cent
er a
nd te
ll th
em a
bout
Jun
etee
nth.
•
Pla
n a
even
t, co
okou
t or g
athe
ring
at y
our h
ouse
, job
or p
lace
of
wor
ship
. •
Writ
e a
blog
, do
a po
ll or
mak
e a
vide
o ab
out J
unet
eent
h an
d sh
are
it w
ith o
ther
s.
• Le
arn
(mem
oriz
e) a
ll of
the
wor
ds to
the
Neg
ro N
atio
nal A
nthe
m L
ift
Eve
ry V
oice
and
Sin
g an
d re
quire
you
r chi
ldre
n to
lear
n it
too.
•
Take
a m
omen
t to
refle
ct u
pon
thos
e w
ho h
ave
gone
bef
ore
us.
• Fo
r mor
e in
fo, i
deas
and
eve
nt lo
catio
ns: h
ttp://
ww
w.ju
nete
enth
.com
/
�A p
eopl
e w
ithou
t the
kno
wle
dge
of th
eir p
ast h
isto
ry,
orig
in a
nd c
ultu
re is
like
a tr
ee w
ithou
t roo
ts.�
Mar
cus
Gar
vey
Pre
sent
ed b
y: C
omm
unity
Act
ing
Now
Em
ail:
info
@co
mm
unity
actin
gnow
.com
JUN
ETEE
NTH
JUN
E 19
th
�I ha
d re
ason
ed th
is o
ut in
my
min
d, th
ere
was
one
of t
wo
thin
gs I
had
a rig
ht to
libe
rty
or d
eath
; if I
cou
ld n
ot h
ave
one,
I w
ould
hav
e th
e ot
her�
. ~H
arrie
tt Tu
bman
~
Lift
Ever
y Vo
ice
and
Sing
Ja
mes
Wel
don
John
son
(lyr
ics)
J.
Ros
amon
d Jo
hnso
n (m
usic
) Ve
rse
2 &
Ref
rain
2
S
tony
the
road
we
trod,
B
itter
the
chas
teni
ng ro
d Fe
lt in
the
days
whe
n ho
pe u
nbor
n ha
d di
ed,
Yet
with
a s
tead
y be
at,
Hav
e no
t wea
ry fe
et
Com
e to
the
plac
e fo
r whi
ch o
ur fa
ther
s si
ghed
? W
e ha
ve c
ome
over
a w
ay th
at w
ith te
ars
has
been
wat
ered
, W
e ha
ve c
ome,
trea
ding
our
pat
h th
roug
h th
e bl
ood
of th
e sl
augh
tere
d,
Out
from
the
gloo
my
past
, �T
il no
w w
e st
and
at la
st
Whe
re th
e w
hite
gle
am o
f our
brig
ht s
tar i
s ca
st
Wha
t is
June
teen
th?
Man
y of
us
grew
up
lear
ning
that
whe
n Ab
raha
m L
inco
ln s
igne
d Th
e Em
anci
patio
n Pr
ocla
mat
ion
slav
ery
in A
mer
ica
was
abo
lishe
d an
d al
l sla
ves
wer
e fre
ed.
Alth
ough
, tha
t was
the
orig
inal
inte
ntio
n, th
e pr
ocla
mat
ion
was
act
ually
sig
ned
on S
ep-
tem
ber 2
2, 1
862
and
was
to b
ecom
e ef
fect
ive
on J
anua
ry 1
, 186
3. I
mag
ine
a w
orld
w
ithou
t pho
nes
and
emai
l a c
ount
ry th
at h
ad fo
ught
a v
icio
us c
ivil
war
to h
old
on to
the
horr
or o
f sla
very
. As
a re
sult,
it to
ok a
long
tim
e fo
r wor
d to
spr
ead
to e
very
one
that
sl
aver
y ha
d ac
tual
ly b
een
abol
ishe
d. F
or m
any
slav
es th
ere
was
no
chan
ge fo
r som
e tim
e. In
Gal
vest
on, T
exas
, sla
ves
did
not r
ecei
ve w
ord
that
they
had
act
ually
bee
n fre
ed u
ntil
June
19,
186
5. O
ne a
nd a
hal
f yea
rs la
ter!
Slav
es c
eleb
rate
d an
d th
e tra
di-
tion
of th
is jo
yous
occ
asio
n w
hich
sta
rted
in T
exas
is
calle
d Ju
nete
enth
and
it c
ontin
-ue
s to
spr
ead
and
live
on to
day.
I n
ever
lear
ned
abou
t Jun
etee
nth
in s
choo
l or e
ven
from
my
pare
nts,
why
is it
im
port
ant t
hat I
lear
n ab
out t
his
now
? O
n Ju
ly 4
, 177
6 Am
eric
a ce
lebr
ated
it�s
inde
pend
ence
from
Eng
land
thr
ough
The
D
ecla
ratio
n of
Inde
pend
ence
. Thi
s si
gnific
ant e
vent
was
the
birth
of o
ur n
atio
n an
d th
at
is w
hy w
e ce
lebr
ate
the
4th
of J
uly.
But
gue
ss w
hat?
Afri
cans
in A
mer
ica
rem
aine
d sl
aves
and
wer
e no
t fre
e. It
was
not
unt
il 18
63 th
at it
bec
ame
an o
rder
of l
aw th
at
slav
es w
here
act
ually
free
d. O
n D
ecem
ber 3
1, 1
862
slav
es g
athe
red
in c
hurc
hes
wai
ting
to s
ee if
The
Em
anci
patio
n Pr
ocla
mat
ion
wou
ld a
ctua
lly g
o in
to e
ffect
as
sche
dule
d on
Jan
uary
1, 1
863.
Thi
s ga
ther
ing
was
cal
led
�Wat
ch N
ight
�.
In m
ost s
tate
s, T
he E
man
cipa
tion
Proc
lam
atio
n w
as a
ckno
wle
dged
on
it�s
effe
ctiv
e da
te o
f Jan
uary
1, 1
863.
How
ever
, wor
d sp
read
slo
wly
and
no
one
told
the
stat
e of
Te
xas.
It w
as n
ot u
ntil,
Jun
e 19
, 186
5 th
at th
e pe
ople
of G
alve
ston
, Tex
as,
wer
e to
ld
by U
nion
Gen
eral
Gra
nger
who
arri
ved
with
200
0 fe
dera
l tro
ops.
He
was
sen
t to
en-
forc
e th
e em
anci
patio
n of
sla
ves.
Gen
eral
Gra
nger
read
wha
t is
know
n as
Gen
eral
O
rder
No.
3.
Afric
an A
mer
ican
s ne
ed to
kno
w th
at tr
ue e
man
cipa
tion
or fr
eedo
m w
as n
ot re
aliz
ed
by a
ll sl
aves
unt
il Jun
e 19
, 186
5. R
ough
ly, 1
and
1/2
yea
rs a
fter T
he E
man
cipa
tion
of
Proc
lam
atio
n an
d 89
yea
rs a
fter t
he U
nite
d St
ates
of A
mer
ica
decl
ared
it�s
inde
pend
-en
ce.
Toda
y, o
n Ju
ne 1
9th
- Ju
nete
enth
con
tinue
s to
be
cele
brat
ed, e
spec
ially
in T
exas
w
here
it is
a s
tate
hol
iday
. As
Afric
an A
mer
ican
s m
oved
acr
oss
the
coun
try th
e ce
le-
brat
ion
cont
inue
s to
gro
w a
nd s
prea
d.
We
shou
ld le
arn
abou
t thi
s to
und
erst
and
Afric
an A
mer
ican
his
tory
and
this
sig
nific
ant
day,
Jun
etee
nth.
All A
frica
n Am
eric
ans
shou
ld b
e pr
oud
of a
her
itage
of a
nces
tors
that
co
ntin
ued
to fi
ght f
or fr
eedo
m d
urin
g th
e ci
vil w
ar w
hile
they
wer
e ac
tual
ly s
till s
lave
s.
They
nev
er q
uit,
they
nev
er g
ot to
o tir
ed a
nd th
ey h
ave
left
a st
rong
lega
cy o
f sur
vivi
ng
and
thriv
ing
rega
rdle
ss o
f the
diff
icul
ties
they
face
d.
We
mus
t tea
ch o
ur c
hild
ren
to a
lway
s re
mem
ber t
he s
acrif
ices
and
acc
ompl
ishm
ents
of
our
anc
esto
rs. I
t will
stre
ngth
en th
em in
thei
r pur
suit
of a
ll th
e gr
eatn
ess
God
has
in
stor
e fo
r the
m, g
ive
them
the
cour
age
to g
et th
roug
h an
ythi
ng a
nd c
ompe
l the
m to
do
som
ethi
ng n
ow.
~B
T an
d D
iane
Mat
his~
U.S
. Nat
iona
l Arc
hive
s &
Rec
ords
Adm
inis
tratio
n�w
ww
.arc
hive
s.go
v Th
e Em
anci
patio
n Pr
ocla
mat
ion,
Jan
uary
1, 1
863
(tran
scrip
t)
Whe
reas
, on
the
twen
ty-s
econ
d da
y of
Sep
tem
ber,
in th
e ye
ar o
f our
Lor
d on
e th
ousa
nd e
ight
hun
dred
and
six
ty-
two,
a p
rocl
amat
ion
was
issu
ed b
y th
e Pr
esid
ent o
f the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, c
onta
inin
g, a
mon
g ot
her t
hing
s, th
e fo
llow
-in
g, to
wit:
"T
hat o
n th
e fir
st d
ay o
f Jan
uary
, in
the
year
of o
ur L
ord
one
thou
sand
eig
ht h
undr
ed a
nd s
ixty
-thre
e, a
ll pe
rson
s he
ld a
s sl
aves
with
in a
ny S
tate
or d
esig
nate
d pa
rt of
a S
tate
, the
peo
ple
whe
reof
sha
ll th
en b
e in
rebe
llion
aga
inst
th
e U
nite
d S
tate
s, s
hall
be th
en, t
henc
efor
war
d, a
nd fo
reve
r fre
e; a
nd th
e E
xecu
tive
Gov
ernm
ent o
f the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, i
nclu
ding
the
mili
tary
and
nav
al a
utho
rity
ther
eof,
will
reco
gniz
e an
d m
aint
ain
the
freed
om o
f suc
h pe
rson
s,
and
will
do
no a
ct o
r act
s to
repr
ess
such
per
sons
, or a
ny o
f the
m, i
n an
y ef
forts
they
may
mak
e fo
r the
ir ac
tual
fre
edom
. "T
hat t
he E
xecu
tive
will
, on
the
first
day
of J
anua
ry a
fore
said
, by
proc
lam
atio
n, d
esig
nate
the
Stat
es a
nd p
arts
of
Stat
es, i
f any
, in
whi
ch th
e pe
ople
ther
eof,
resp
ectiv
ely,
sha
ll th
en b
e in
rebe
llion
aga
inst
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es; a
nd
the
fact
that
any
Sta
te, o
r the
peo
ple
ther
eof,
shal
l on
that
day
be,
in g
ood
faith
, rep
rese
nted
in th
e C
ongr
ess
of
the
Uni
ted
Sta
tes
by m
embe
rs c
hose
n th
eret
o at
ele
ctio
ns w
here
in a
maj
ority
of t
he q
ualif
ied
vote
rs o
f suc
h St
ate
shal
l hav
e pa
rtici
pate
d, s
hall,
in th
e ab
senc
e of
stro
ng c
ount
erva
iling
test
imon
y, b
e de
emed
con
clus
ive
evid
ence
th
at s
uch
Stat
e, a
nd th
e pe
ople
ther
eof,
are
not t
hen
in re
belli
on a
gain
st th
e U
nite
d St
ates
." N
ow, t
here
fore
I, A
brah
am L
inco
ln, P
resi
dent
of t
he U
nite
d St
ates
, by
virtu
e of
the
pow
er in
me
vest
ed a
s C
om-
man
der-
in-C
hief
, of t
he A
rmy
and
Nav
y of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es in
tim
e of
act
ual a
rmed
rebe
llion
aga
inst
the
auth
ority
an
d go
vern
men
t of t
he U
nite
d St
ates
, and
as
a fit
and
nec
essa
ry w
ar m
easu
re fo
r sup
pres
sing
sai
d re
belli
on, d
o,
on th
is fi
rst d
ay o
f Jan
uary
, in
the
year
of o
ur L
ord
one
thou
sand
eig
ht h
undr
ed a
nd s
ixty
-thre
e, a
nd in
acc
orda
nce
with
my
purp
ose
so to
do
publ
icly
pro
clai
med
for t
he fu
ll pe
riod
of o
ne h
undr
ed d
ays,
from
the
day
first
abo
ve
men
tione
d, o
rder
and
des
igna
te a
s th
e St
ates
and
par
ts o
f Sta
tes
whe
rein
the
peop
le th
ereo
f res
pect
ivel
y, a
re th
is
day
in re
belli
on a
gain
st th
e U
nite
d St
ates
, the
follo
win
g, to
wit:
Ar
kans
as, T
exas
, Lou
isia
na, (
exce
pt th
e Pa
rishe
s of
St.
Bern
ard,
Pla
quem
ines
, Jef
fers
on, S
t. Jo
hn, S
t. C
harle
s,
St. J
ames
Asc
ensi
on, A
ssum
ptio
n, T
erre
bonn
e, L
afou
rche
, St.
Mar
y, S
t. M
artin
, and
Orle
ans,
incl
udin
g th
e C
ity o
f N
ew O
rlean
s) M
issi
ssip
pi, A
laba
ma,
Flo
rida,
Geo
rgia
, Sou
th C
arol
ina,
Nor
th C
arol
ina,
and
Virg
inia
, (ex
cept
the
forty
-eig
ht c
ount
ies
desi
gnat
ed a
s W
est V
irgin
ia, a
nd a
lso
the
coun
ties
of B
erkl
ey, A
ccom
ac, N
orth
ampt
on, E
liza-
beth
City
, Yor
k, P
rince
ss A
nn, a
nd N
orfo
lk, i
nclu
ding
the
citie
s of
Nor
folk
and
Por
tsm
outh
[)], a
nd w
hich
exc
epte
d pa
rts, a
re fo
r the
pre
sent
, lef
t pre
cise
ly a
s if
this
pro
clam
atio
n w
ere
not i
ssue
d.
And
by v
irtue
of t
he p
ower
, and
for t
he p
urpo
se a
fore
said
, I d
o or
der a
nd d
ecla
re th
at a
ll pe
rson
s he
ld a
s sl
aves
w
ithin
sai
d de
sign
ated
Sta
tes,
and
par
ts o
f Sta
tes,
are
, and
hen
cefo
rwar
d sh
all b
e fre
e; a
nd th
at th
e E
xecu
tive
gove
rnm
ent o
f the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, i
nclu
ding
the
mili
tary
and
nav
al a
utho
ritie
s th
ereo
f, w
ill re
cogn
ize
and
mai
ntai
n th
e fre
edom
of s
aid
pers
ons.
An
d I h
ereb
y en
join
upo
n th
e pe
ople
so
decl
ared
to b
e fre
e to
abs
tain
from
all
viol
ence
, unl
ess
in n
eces
sary
sel
f-de
fenc
e; a
nd I
reco
mm
end
to th
em th
at, i
n al
l cas
es w
hen
allo
wed
, the
y la
bor f
aith
fully
for r
easo
nabl
e w
ages
. An
d I f
urth
er d
ecla
re a
nd m
ake
know
n, th
at s
uch
pers
ons
of s
uita
ble
cond
ition
, will
be
rece
ived
into
the
arm
ed
serv
ice
of th
e U
nite
d St
ates
to g
arris
on fo
rts, p
ositi
ons,
sta
tions
, and
oth
er p
lace
s, a
nd to
man
ves
sels
of a
ll so
rts
in s
aid
serv
ice.
An
d up
on th
is a
ct, s
ince
rely
bel
ieve
d to
be
an a
ct o
f jus
tice,
war
rant
ed b
y th
e C
onst
itutio
n, u
pon
mili
tary
nec
essi
ty,
I inv
oke
the
cons
ider
ate
judg
men
t of m
anki
nd, a
nd th
e gr
acio
us fa
vor o
f Alm
ight
y G
od.
In w
itnes
s w
here
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nd c
ause
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e se
al o
f the
Uni
ted
Stat
es to
be
affix
ed.
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the
City
of W
ashi
ngto
n, th
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rst d
ay o
f Jan
uary
, in
the
year
of o
ur L
ord
one
thou
sand
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undr
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nd
sixt
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ree,
and
of t
he In
depe
nden
ce o
f the
Uni
ted
Stat
es o
f Am
eric
a th
e ei
ghty
-sev
enth
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y th
e Pr
esid
ent:
ABR
AHA
M L
INC
OLN
W
ILLI
AM
H. S
EWAR
D, S
ecre
tary
of S
tate
.
�It m
ay b
e tr
ue th
at th
e la
w c
anno
t mak
e a
man
love
me,
but
it c
an s
top
him
from
lync
hing
me
and
I thi
nk th
at�s
pre
tty im
port
ant�
~
Mar
tin L
uthe
r Kin
g, J
r.~
