TV-PG | YouTube | 1 hr 16 min
Released in June of 2022
SUMMARY: Visiting historical locations such as a sugar plantation in Galveston, TX while talking with historians, residents, and pastors host Rasool Berry details the journey from slavery to Juneteenth being declared a national holiday while discussing the thread of faith embedded into the Black community.
Inspiring, informative, and engaging – highly recommended.
KEY QUOTE: “People want to think of it as a Black thing or a Texas thing, but it’s not. It’s freedom for everybody. And I advocate celebrating freedom from the 19th of June to the 4th of July.” – Opal Lee
FOR THE CLASSROOM: PBS has put together a page with discussion questions and lesson plans to talk about Juneteenth in the classroom.
DID YOU KNOW? We have a learning capsule about Juneteenth with resources to help you faithfully learn about the holiday.
Our latest curated media on Juneteenth:
LEARNING CAPSULE: Juneteenth
What is Juneteenth? Why do we celebrate it? How should we celebrate it? After reading the following articles, listening to the podcast, and watching the show, you should understand what the holiday is and why we celebrate and/or commemorate it.
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BOOK: On Juneteenth
In a previously curated article Jemar Tisby aptly recommends that white and Black Americans should commemorate Juneteenth differently. One of the ways non-Black Americans can commemorate the holiday is to learn about the history of Black people in America. On Juneteenth consists of a collection of six engrossing essays interlacing author Annette Gordon-Reed’s memories from…
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ARTICLE: Juneteenth – What Lies Beneath?
U.S. history professor at Bethel University John H. Haas suggests that Juneteenth is a time for Americans to reflect on “how hard America has found it to live up to its own ideals” while pondering why America is the only nation that required a war, the bloodiest war in its history, to repeal slavery.
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