Comments on: Smells Like Teenth Spirit — Juneteenth Roundup

By: Ronald Myers

Ronald Myers — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:17:50 +0000

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. We honor our ancestors, Americans of African descent, who heard the news of freedom and celebrated with great joy and jubilation, on the "19th of June", Juneteenth, 1865.

It took over 88 years 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.

The National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign has worked diligently for several years to establish legislation in 29 states to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday or state holiday observance, the District of Columbia, as well as the Congress of the United States. This has been a great accomplishment for the "Modern Juneteenth Movement" in America, reaching far beyond the establishment of Juneteenth as a state holiday in the place were it all began, in Texas, first celebrated in 1980.

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)
www.Juneteenth.us
www.19thofJune.com
www.njclc.com
www.JuneteenthJazz.com

By: Ronald Myers

Ronald Myers — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:17:50 +0000

By: Kenya W

Kenya W — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:13:00 +0000

Jill,

Thanks for the post.
Recently it started to bother me that everyone in this country can so openly and easily celebrate Mexico's independence, but blacks dare not bring up Junetenth.
It is our sick and sad reality. Are we not even worth a toast with some sort of libations?
Anyway, I will settle for at least the recogintion amongst ourselves...in the dark.
Next year I am taking off from work!!

By: eplummer

eplummer — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:31:00 +0000

This is totally random, but the woman in the picture looks alot like one of my aunts.

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:11:00 +0000

Jill

Thanks for doing this post. There are some good ones there.