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Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of abolishing slavery in Texas. It’s also called Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day. The holiday is truly about the “emancipation of Negro slaves throughout the Confederate South.” The National Juneteenth Observance Foundation (NJOF) of Alabama is more than 20 years old. According to a press release, the “organization worked hard to make sure the state recognized the Juneteenth holiday. Now the NJOF works to make Juneteenth a National paid holiday.” SAVE THE DATE The Free Annual National Juneteenth Festival with the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation of Alabama will be on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at historic Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama.

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