Join us as we honor Juneteenth with a day full of culture, community, and celebration! From engaging workshops to powerful performances.| Eventbrite
Observe Juneteenth by reading. Here is a peek at books the staff of the National Museum of African American History and Culture are reading, have read, or have on their to-read list.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Texas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Letters Received, Unregistered Letters Received| nmaahc.si.edu
Museum scholars explore the origins of Juneteenth, the meaning of freedom and African American cultural traditions.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
In this curatorial discussion, museum scholars examine the historical significance of the holiday and how it came to be.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
As waves of emancipation swept through the country, many African Americans sought to reunite with lost family members and to define family roles and responsibilities in ways they believed best suited their new circumstances. Their efforts highlighted the importance of family as foundational to their status as free people.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
For the nearly four million newly freed, education was a crucial first step to becoming self-sufficient. Between 1861 and 1900, more than 90 institutions of higher education were founded for African Americans.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
The National Museum of African American History and Culture celebrates Black Music Month.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Smithsonian Transcription Center is a pan-Smithsonian website that allows digital volunteers, or “volunpeers,” from around the world to transcribe documents, photograph captions, field books, and other materials online.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal provides unprecedented opportunities for family historians and genealogists to search for their ancestors and for scholars to research a variety of topics related to slavery and Reconstruction in the Freedmen’s Bureau records.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
Juneteenth Community Day| National Museum of African American History and Culture
Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.| National Museum of African American History and Culture
