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Local Celebrations

Black Economic Empowerment Summit 2024
Date: June 15, 2024
Location: The Maryland Theatre, Downtown Hagerstown
Step into a dynamic and empowering experience at the Black Economic Empowerment Summit 2024! Join us for an impactful day filled with insightful panel discussions, expert presentations, a captivating keynote address, vibrant vendor booths, and a spirited Juneteenth celebration.
3rd annual Washington County Juneteenth Author Showcase
Date: June 9, 2024
Location: Museum Drive, Hagerstown, MD.
The third annual Washington County Juneteenth Author Showcase. Black authors who reside in Washington, Garrett, Allegany, and Frederick counties will be showcased. Juneteenth is the celebration of the emancipation of enslaved African people in the United States. In partnership with The F.O.C.U.S. (Fun, Opportunity, Concentration, Unwavering, Success) Trainer. Free and open to the public.
Juneteenth Celebration Parade and Festival
Date: June 22nd, 2024
Location: Bates Athletic Complex, Annapolis, MD
Come out and join us for our FREE Annual Parade and Festival at the Bates Athletic Complex. There will be one main stage, featuring headliners Beverly Crawford, Le'Andria Johnson, Vivian Green, Rakim the Rapper Be'La Dona Band, and a host of local talent! Fireworks will immediately follow the show.
Juneteenth Celebration - Charleston, West Virginia
Date: June 19, 2024
Enjoy a FREE, fun-filled day of entertainment presented by the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs. Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, is a holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, and more generally the emancipation of African slaves throughout the Confederate South on June 19. The word Juneteenth derives from a combination of “June” and “nineteenth. This Juneteenth celebration features guests Zuzu Acrobats along with several local performers.

This event is free and open to the public. Come enjoy a day of fun.
Pittsburgh Celebrates Juneteenth Freedom Day
Dates: June 14-16, 2024
Pittsburgh will celebrate the Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth Homecoming Celebration June 14-16, 2024, in Point State Park and Market Square!

Opal Lee

American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

African-American spiritual song and one of the best-known Christian hymns

Ralph Ellison

American writer, literary critic, and scholar

Gordon Granger

Union Major General who issued General Order Number 3, effectively freeing slaves in the South

Juneteenth Flag

Created by activist Ben Haith and refined by illustrator Lisa Jeanne Graf

Photo of Juneteenth: Ring the Bell of Freedom

Lula Briggs-Galloway

Late President of the National Association of Juneteenth Lineage

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954)

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and civil rights activist

Maya Angelou

American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist

Ralph David Abernathy

Black American pastor and civil rights leader who made June 19 the "Solidarity Day of the Poor People’s Campaign"

Barbara-Rose Collins

American politician, first black woman from Michigan to be elected to Congress and sponsored the first federal legislation to recognize "Juneteenth Independence Day"

Albert Ely Edwards

Former Texas State Representative and known as "Father of Juneteenth Holiday"

Freedmen's Bureau

Agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South

Ben Haith

American activist and creator of the Juneteenth flag

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Frederick Douglass

African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Harriet Tubman

American abolitionist and social activist. Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people.

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Juneteenth From Home

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI): June - Juneteenth

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