Friday, June 19, 2020

Five Videos Of Juneteenth Celebrations

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases some videos of  Juneteenth celebrations in Texas, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Addendum to this post showcases a video about the "doodle" that Google shared on its page on June 19, 2020.

The content of this post is presented for historical and socio-cultural purposes.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to all those who are featured in this video and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Video #1: Families in East Austin Celebrate Juneteenth



kxan, June 18, 2016 [East Austin is a city in the state of Texas.]

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Video #2: Thousands turn up for Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee



TMJ4 News, June 19, 2016 [Milwaukee is a city in the midwest state of Wisconsin.] 

Juneteeth, or June 19, marks a historic day for the African-American community.  It's when the last group of slaves in Galveston, Texas were emancipated in 1965*.

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Notice the typo for the year that is commemorated by Juneteenth. "1965" should be "1865".

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Video #3: 'Juneteenth' Parade To March Through Old City




CBS Philly, June 21, 2018

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Video #4:  3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebrations Were Continued Saturday In Philadelphia


CBS Philly, June 23, 2018

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Video #5: Juneteenth Celebration 2019 Terrell, Tx



JMusicProductions, Jun 24, 2019
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Ironically, the screen shot for this video shows a package of Aunt Jemima pancakes. Click 
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/06/examples-of-19th-century-song-aunt.html for a pancocojams post about "aunt Jemima" that includes the decision the company that produces Aunt Jemima products made to change the name of those products.

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Addendum: 
Behind the Doodle: 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth



GoogleDoodles, June 18, 2020

Today’s video Google Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Loveis Wise and narrated by actor and activist LeVar Burton, honors the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. Short for “June Nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the true end of chattel slavery across the United States— which didn’t actually occur until 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Specifically, it marks the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas (one of the westernmost points in the Confederate South) finally received news of their liberation. Learn more: http://www.google.com/doodles/155th-a... CREDIT: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" poem written by James Weldon Johnson (1900)

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1 comment:

  1. At .013 in the video given as #1 above groups representing two historically Black Greek letter organizations step in that city's Juneteenth parade (members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.)

    Video #3 in this post shows people carrying the red, black, and green African American flag.

    Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-history-meaning-of-red-black-and.html for the 2014 pancocojams post entitled "The History & Meaning Of The African American Red, Black, And Green Flag".

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