What do you know about Juneteenth?

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  1. 2. Which activist led an annual 2.5 mile walk, representing the 2.5 years it took for news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach Texas, to demand Juneteenth's national recognition?
  2. 5. What symbol on the Juneteenth flag is said to represent "Freedom of African-Americans in all 50 states?"
  3. 7. Which amendment eventually made slavery illegal, except as a punishment for crime, including in the slave-owning Union-controlled states of Kentucky and Delaware, in December 1865?
  4. 8. What color symbolizing strength, spirituality, life, and death-all associated with the journey to emancipation-figures prominently into Juneteenth celebrations?
  5. 9. Which Texas politician sponsored legislation making Juneteenth a paid state holiday in Texas?
  6. 10. Which major retailer recently received backlash for attempting to monetize Juneteenth with products like red velvet Juneteenth ice cream?
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  1. 1. Prior to issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln implemented a policy on April 16, 1862 abolishing slavery where?
  2. 3. What was the last state to make Juneteenth an official state holiday in February 2022?
  3. 4. Many states in the US have had their own emancipation celebrations dating back to the 19th century. Maryland celebrates theirs on the 1st of which month?
  4. 6. The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states on January 1, 1963. What was the last state to receive this decree on June 19, 1865?