Juneteenth

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  1. 1. "Grandmother of Juneteenth" Lee
  2. 5. President who signed Juneteenth into law as a federal holiday
  3. 6. "On Juneteenth" author Gordon-Reed
  4. 7. "Juneteenth" novelist Ellison
  5. 12. First state to designate Juneteenth as a holiday
  6. 14. Celebrating Juneteenth honors this
  7. 15. Holiday also called Emancipation Day and Freedom Day
  8. 16. Traditional color of food and drinks during Juneteenth
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  1. 2. Title of the song also known as the Negro National Anthem
  2. 3. A combination of customers and beliefs within a group of people
  3. 4. Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860-61 and where the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people
  4. 8. The study of change over time, the study of the events, people, and issues in the past
  5. 9. A special day of celebration
  6. 10. President who signed the Emancipation Proclamation
  7. 11. Union general who read federal orders to inform enslaved African Americans of their freedom in 1865
  8. 13. Juneteenth falls on this day in June