Juneteenth Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/juneteenth/ Experience the game beyond the screen Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png Juneteenth Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/juneteenth/ 32 32 Celebrating Juneteenth and the intersection of sports and activism https://sandjack.tv/celebrating-juneteenth-and-the-intersection-of-sports-and-activism/ https://sandjack.tv/celebrating-juneteenth-and-the-intersection-of-sports-and-activism/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/celebrating-juneteenth-and-the-intersection-of-sports-and-activism/ ❓What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth commemorates June 19th, 1865— the day federal troops reached Galveston, Texas, to declare all enslaved individuals officially free under the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln over two years prior. The Black community has long observed this holiday with readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, music, cookouts, and more. Although advocates […]

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