GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

  • DIGITAL PRODUCT

    You will not be mailed a physical package, this is a fully digital online experience. Once you make your purchase, be on the lookout for an email confirmation from Thinkific, where you will be able to login and create your own password. You will not be able to download the videos, but you will have lifetime access from any phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection.

  • EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

    This approximately 1 hour presentation is for personal development and individual education. Institutions of learning, libraries and schools interested in this program should contact Melaneyes Media directly for licensing and or private screenings: [email protected]

Course curriculum

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    INTRODUCTION: Understanding Juneteenth

    • Understanding Juneteenth
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    VIDEO: Understanding Juneteenth

    • Understanding Juneteenth

Understanding Juneteenth

In this presentation, Understanding Juneteenth, we will discuss the history of Emancipation Day as a holiday and how it has been celebrated throughout the years here in America. Juneteenth (also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day) is the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger led thousands of federal troops to Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended, and slaves had been freed. Approximately 250,000 enslaved Texans had no idea that their freedom had been secured by the government. In 1979, Texas became the first state to declare Juneteenth a "holiday of significance." Celebrations of the date continued to snowball, especially after the turn of the millennium. In 2020 with demonstrations and uprisings taking place all over the world protesting racial violence and discrimination sparked by the murders of Auhmad Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, last year's Juneteenth turned into a huge teaching moment. We want to make sure that with the commercialization of the celebration we don't forget the true significance and importance of the holiday. It is vital that the history of Emancipation is not distorted or lost; this is why this presentation is important.