06/20/2026
Juneteenth is a celebration and commemoration of enslaved Black people in Galveston Texas finally learning of their freedom on June 19, 1865, more than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after the confederate army surrendered to the union army. Not sure how to mark this important day? Historian and Author Jemar Tisby teaches that, for Black people, Juneteenth is a day of celebration, of "joy, jubilation, and rest." For non-Black people, this is a day to commemorate by taking responsibility "for the history that made emancipation necessary," through taking steps for your own educational labor and reflecting on how to be and stay on the right side of justice. We're grateful also for this prayer shared by The Episcopal Church from Bishop Deon Johnson of Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.
