Juneteenth

2. The color ____________________ was an important part to their culture.
4. Today, people honor their ____________________ who were enslaved.
9. The ____________________ amendment ended slavery.
10. Juneteenth is a holiday in the ____________________.
12. For hundreds of years, ____________________ were taken from their homes.
17. Juneteenth became a national ____________________ in 2021.
18. They remember the ____________________ celebration that took place in 1866.
20. ____________________ people lived and worked in very bad conditions.

1. The holiday combines the word "June" and "____________________".
3. Over time, people in other ____________________ celebrated Juneteenth too.
4. People did not ____________________ on slavery.
5. It happens every year on ____________________ 19th.
6. Africans were forced into ____________________ in North America.
7. Slavery was one of the main causes of the ____________________ war.
8. People eat red food like ____________________ pie.
11. They prayed, danced and ____________________ spirituals.
13. Some black people celebrate their ____________________ on that day.
14. It celebrates the end of ____________________.
15. Africans ____________________ their freedom on June 19th, 1866.
16. Families gather together for ____________________ and speeches.
19. Leaders in ____________________ did not acknowledge the amendment until June 19th, 1865.