Juneteenth is almost here! So I’ve been thinking about how to teach children about Juneteenth, an important holiday in the United States.

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19^th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January 1, 1863.

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Resources for How to Teach Children about Juneteenth

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What our country is going through right now with regard to race, continues to go through, and has been going through since its founding is unconscionable.

It is gut-wrenching to know that George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor—and countless others—were murdered because of the color of their skin and that racism continues to infiltrate every part of our country. The pain that I personally feel as a white person pales in comparison to what others must feel knowing that it could be their son, their brother, their uncle, their husband, their father, their cousin, their sister, their mother, their wife next. … Read More

You all know I’m losing faith in the United States as a country that can truly deliver on its promise of liberty and justice for all. And I was already feeling that way before this most recent rash of senseless Black deaths. Again. It’s an agonizing Ground Hog Day. Over and over again.

How long must it go on before we actually do something to stop it?

There is a parallelism to what happens with mass shootings. When it happens, there’s massive outcry. But nothing really changes. And then it happens all over again. (Whereas when it happened in New Zealand, they managed to ban assault … Read More