Celebrate Juneteenth

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