#juneteenth

#Alabama House committee advances #Juneteenth state holiday bill https://alabamareflector.com/2025/03/20/alabama-house-committee-advances-juneteenth-state-holiday-bill/?emci=6b74eac9-1905-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&emdi=0ba926ed-8405-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=136240

This week, the #Defense *#Intelligence* Agency ordered a pause of all activities & events related to #MLKJr Day, #BlackHistory Month, #Juneteenth, #LGBTQ #Pride Month, #Holocaust Remembrance Day & other "special observances" to comply with #Trump's #ExecutiveOrder, according to a memo obtained by NBC News.

#WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #Nazi #USpol

Twitter / X suspended my account last June. No valid reason. It was NOT based on a "careful review".

12+ emails & NO human response.

My final tweet was about #juneteenth

Horrible mgmt. Clients are leaving too.

Next step? Delete it.

https://x.com/Eric_Z_Johnson

#twitter #x #elonmusk
https://x.com/Eric_Z_Johnson

WFAA 75th Anniversary Special

75 years of news in Dallas-Fort Worth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQtqwkyNM0

#Broadcasting #WFAA #Journalism #Texas #JFK #Zapruder #TheBeatles #MartyHaag #DeltaCrash #WindShear #ByronHarris #BertShipp #BrettShipp #ScottPelley #SpaceShuttleColumbia #BabyJessica #Ebola #BigTex #OpalLee #Juneteenth #TroyDungan #PeteDelkus #VerneLundquist #DaleHansen #ChipMoody #MrPeppermint #BowlingForDollars #ABC #JoeTrahan #GeorgeRiba #Dallas #MichaelSam #Texas #MarkCuban #DallasCowboys

#Amazon management refuses to accept employee petition, saying that would be “recognizing the #union.” Employees choose to act like union, whether management likes it or not.

https://labornotes.org/2024/07/new-york-amazon-workers-demand-paid-juneteenth-holiday

#unions #Juneteenth #PrimeDay #DirectAction #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar

Social Media Users Make False Claim About Juneteenth #MaxWhalen #TheDispatch #Threads #Juneteenth #FactCheck
https://thedispatch.com/article/social-media-users-make-false-claim-about-juneteenth/

@drewharwell
It was funny what the K-pop kids to Trump at his Oklahoma #Juneteenth rally, but it sure has had more consequences than those young kids expected I bet.

Can you help me help this family get back home to Missouri from Colorado after this terrible accident that destroyed their car and belongings through no fault of their own?
#Colorado #Missouri #GoFundMe #Accident #Amazon #Juneteenth #Family #BlackMastodon
https://gofund.me/2ab589a3

Throughout her life and advocacy work, Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, has embodied the fight for freedom. https://nonprofitquarterly.org/juneteenths-opal-lee-and-the-ongoing-fight-for-freedom/

#OpalLee #freedom #Juneteenth

Great piece by D. Danyelle Thomas @blackmastodon #StopGenocide #Juneteenth
"No one can truly thrive in a persistently barren land without anything to sustain living. Although there is little in which to take solace, we are not without hope."

https://www.ebony.com/liberation-in-a-time-of-genocide/

This captures, for me, why #Juneteenth is *specific and apart* from our other national holidays.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8Zb9KaOaQt/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Black Writers of the Founding Era" celebrates overlooked Americans who called for a "more perfect Union." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/06/20/us-founders-black-men-women/ #commentary #us #slavery #humanrights #history #juneteenth

A recent rock gem I found, The Black Tones. Wish I’d thought to link this on #Juneteenth

#music #rock

https://open.spotify.com/track/2WqITX6lcgiElH8HMFvhb7?si=43FEema_SCeh4oBrMKZjSA

Post your links but ask yourself why there are no projects that are led by Black and Brown folks that get full funding, despite so few of us being here.

Ask yourself why many Black and Brown folks prefer the trash heaps that are Twitter, Facebook and Instagram over the fedi which allegedly has the ability to grow and change.

Ask yourself why people still spread debunked and disproven lies about #TheBadSpace even though every single ‘complaint’ has been addressed and fixed a long time ago.

Take this time to think about what you are contributing to on days that aren’t #Juneteenth.

Ha, got my annual #Juneteenth bump in followers, but virtually no increase in funding.

Well, at least the fedi is consistent lol

The Origins of Juneteenth
https://www.snopes.com/articles/467188/juneteenth-origins/ #explainer #juneteenth #origins

Thanks to those who gave and donated to Black folk seeking survival funds this past #Juneteenth.

All I ask of you is to remember this:

The slavery system was not a one-day thing.
Neither is the need for #BlackReparations. That's an ongoing and recurring debt. #NotJustOneDay

If you have the means and the will, give whatever you can whenever you can. It will be appreciated.

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/19/juneteenth_special_historian_clint_smith_on?

#Juneteenth

Dr. Greg Carr and Shayna Terrell discuss the significance of #Juneteenth and explore the holiday's history. They touch on the commercialization of Juneteenth, the need for critical thinking, understanding its true significance as a symbol of black self-determination, a recognition of the blood sacrifice of black people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZ8tPpy_Zk