{"id":7030,"date":"2021-06-11T04:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T21:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/?p=7030"},"modified":"2021-06-29T10:21:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T03:21:38","slug":"juneteenth-history-to-present-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/juneteenth-history-to-present-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneteenth: History to Present Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Kimberly Dalbert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many cities have parks where Emancipation Day celebrations took place, which also includes Austin. Austin’s Eastwoods Park prior to 1930, was referred to as Wheeler\u2019s Grove. The site is historically significant for hosting one of the earliest Juneteenth celebrations in Austin in the latter part of the 19th century. The restrooms at the park now used to be the Eastwoods Shelter House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On \u201cFreedom\u2019s Eve,\u201d also known as the eve of January 1, 1863, at the stroke of midnight, all enslaved people in the Confederate States were declared legally free, but not Texans. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, most slaves in Texas were still unaware of their freedom and that the war had ended in April of 1865. When Union troops arrived in Galveston Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, commanding officer, District of Texas, from his headquarters in the Osterman building (Strand and 22nd St.), read \u2018General Order No. 3\u2019 on June 19, 1865. This order stated that the people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the executive of the United States, all slaves are free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Juneteenth Historical Marker, 2201 Strand Street, Galveston, TX, on June 6, 2021.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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The mural was created by Houston artist Reginald C. Adams.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Photo Kim Dalbert<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eastwoods Shelter House, Eastwoods Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastwoods Shelter House, Eastwoods Park, is now the restrooms. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Kim Dalbert<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Austin’s 2018 Juneteenth Parade <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo By David Brendon Hall <\/em>
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Photo By Jana Birchum<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 18, 2013 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Juneteenth day celebration in Texas, 1900.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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King “fuh-fuh” X, an Austin activist who organized StarPower Black Collectives, and has led many protests over the past year. Emancipation Proclamation that leads to the Bell of Freedom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carver Museum, Austin, Tx, September 29, 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Kim Dalbert<\/em>
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 There are five statues, the lawmaker, the minister, the former slaves, both male and female, and the child, a daughter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Carver Museum, Austin, Tx, September 29, 2020<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Kim Dalbert<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Juneteenth day celebration in Texas, 1900.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Juneteenth marks our country\u2019s second independence day. Although it has long been celebrated in the African American community, this monumental event which is also known as \u201cBlack Independence Day\u201d and “Texas Emancipation Day,” is beginning to see mainstream celebrations. While the holiday was informally commemorated for years, Texas became the first state to honor the day as a state holiday in 1980.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4103,"featured_media":7036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1133,758,759],"tags":[1112,1169,1082,1131,1168],"class_list":["post-7030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-events","category-events","category-local-events","tag-blackhistory","tag-celebrationofhistory","tag-communitynews","tag-communitysupport","tag-juneteenth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}