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- 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?
- 5. What symbol on the Juneteenth flag is said to represent "Freedom of African-Americans in all 50 states?"
- 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?
- 8. What color symbolizing strength, spirituality, life, and death-all associated with the journey to emancipation-figures prominently into Juneteenth celebrations?
- 9. Which Texas politician sponsored legislation making Juneteenth a paid state holiday in Texas?
- 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. Prior to issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln implemented a policy on April 16, 1862 abolishing slavery where?
- 3. What was the last state to make Juneteenth an official state holiday in February 2022?
- 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?
- 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?