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  1. 3. the third of three goals, encouraging activism
  2. 7. the second of three goals, encouraging learning
  3. 8. Lee, called the grandmother of Juneteenth for her activism to get Juneteenth recognized federally
  4. 9. to celebrate, people often eat this color food
  5. 11. the city in Texas enslaved people were liberated from in 1865
  6. 12. holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate
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  1. 1. the first of three goals of commemorating the end of slavery, according to historian Mitch Kachun
  2. 2. park, a plot of land in Texas bought communally by free Black Americans to celebrate Juneteenth on. At the time, the only park in the area Black Americans could visit.
  3. 4. first state to legally recognize the holiday of Juneteenth statewide
  4. 5. Haith, Designer of the Juneteenth flag
  5. 6. many people host this, a community gathering with food and music
  6. 10. every voice and sing, the Black national anthem
  7. 12. the month we celebrate in