10 Ways to Commemorate Juneteenth
10 Ways to Celebrate & Commemorate Juneteenth
Print & Learn. We’ve created this Juneteenth Printable for your families, created by of our Kids & Justice team. Though all ages will enjoy! Share far & wide!
Read (For kids) Opal Lee and What It Means To Be Free to any of the smalls in your world. Here is a longer list of Children’s Books on Juneteenth.
Read (For Adults) On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
Watch: We’ve got these three ideas for you.
PBS Austin produced Juneteenth Jamboree 13 different short episodes featuring Austin,TX & other official celebrations each year since 2008.
Miss Juneteenth (iTunes, Amazon Prime) Common Sense Media says ages 14+
ABC Blackish episode on Juneteenth Season 4 episode 1. Common Sense Media rating 11+ Find it on Hulu, ABC.
Listen: Jemar Tisby talks about the Unintended Consequences of making Juneteenth a National Holiday on Pass the Mic LINK (He also wrote about it here in this Boston Globe article )
Go to a local celebration. We suggest you ask the organizers if it’s ok for you to attend if you’re not African American, or make sure to read the language in the promotional materials to see if it’s open to all.
Support a Black Owned Business. Visit a Black owned restaurant or other business. We have restaurants catalogued in most regions of the United States in our incredible index of businesses in our Curated Resources linked here. Make sure to see all the tabs at the bottom for the various topics.
Cook up a Storm! Make a few recipes in your home to honor black culture. We love this cookbook by Nicole A Taylor: Watermelon & Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations. It’s filled with stories, essays, recipes, pantry lists and joyful memories of her decades of celebrating this holiday. This Civil Eats article interviews Taylor — we don’t know how you won’t buy her cookbook!
Fly a Juneteenth flag. Here’s a collection to choose from.
Search for a local group doing the work of justice and make new connections. NAACP and Color of Change are good national organizations that may have local branches in your area. Look in the Next Door app under Diversity or Equity and see what comes up.
How will you and/or your community honor this holiday in 2025?
