On Saturday, June 17, join The Heritage Society’s Juneteenth educational program experience “From Plantation to Emancipation”. Speakers include descendants of Reverend Jack Yates, members from Trinity United Methodist Church, a Rice University student who will share the impact of slave migration, and a descendant of Roscoe A. Cavitt, the Executive Secretary of National Negro Chamber of Commerce. The event is from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at 1100 Bagby Street, in the museum gallery and is free […]
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The 2nd Annual Galveston Juneteenth Success In Business® Minority & Women Business Enterprise Empowerment Summit & Procurement Fair
The 2nd Annual Galveston Juneteenth Success In Business® Minority & Women Business Enterprise Empowerment Summit & Procurement Fair. This event will take place at Old Central Cultural Center, 2627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX, on Wednesday June 14, 2023, from 8am-5pm. Free admission to the public, Light refreshments will be served. The Success in Business® Government Procurement Fair is the perfect opportunity to network with others in the government contracting industry and learn from the best […]
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement in Celebration of Juneteenth
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in recognition of the 157th anniversary of Major General Gordon Granger’s arrival in Galveston, Texas to announce the freedom of those who were enslaved, known as Juneteenth. “Today, all across Texas and the United States, Americans are blessed to celebrate Juneteenth and the freedom we are all afforded as citizens of this great nation. “As we reflect on the sobering circumstances that led to the necessity […]
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston and Boys & Girls Clubs of America hold Juneteenth celebration from Reedy Chapel AME Church
The nationally broadcast, livestreamed webinar in Galveston featured a virtual appearance by NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston (BGCGH) joined with Boys & Girls Clubs of America on June 16 for a national, livestreamed webinar at historic Reedy Chapel AME Church in Galveston to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth and its importance in our country’s history. One of the highlights of the program was a virtual appearance by NASA Astronaut Stephanie […]
Libraries to Close in Observance of Juneteenth
All branches of Fort Bend County Libraries, which includes the Cinco Ranch Branch and the Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch, will be closed Monday, June 20, in observance of Juneteenth. Regular library hours will resume on Tuesday, June 21. Your online library is always open at www.fortbend.lib.tx.us for searching the catalog, renewing books or placing holds, streaming movies or music, downloading e-books, or using the research databases. For additional information, contact the library system’s Communications Office at 281-633-4734.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Hosts National Webinar at Galveston’s Reedy Chapel AME to Celebrate Historical Significance of Juneteenth Holiday
HOUSTON, May 26, 2022 – Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston (BGCGH), in conjunction with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, will host a national livestreamed webinar at Galveston’s Reedy Chapel AME Church on Thursday, June 16 from noon to 2 p.m. CT to celebrate the historical significance of Juneteenth, which had its origin in Galveston. Reedy Chapel was one of the locations in which General Order #3 was read on June 19, 1865, announcing the […]
The Birthplace of Juneteenth: Galveston Celebrates Emancipation through Art, Special Events
GALVESTON, Tex. (May 11, 2022) – As the birthplace of Juneteenth, Galveston offers visitors the chance to experience our country’s newest federal holiday in living color. From its many historic sites and tours that chronicle the day Juneteenth began in Galveston, to its annual Juneteenth festival, special events and new art exhibits, Galveston is the place to commemorate June 19, 1865 – the historic day slavery was abolished in Texas, freeing one of […]
Inprint and the Houston Museum of African American Culture present Texas native and Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed for a special livestream event in honor of Juneteenth
Inprint and the Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) present renowned historian Annette Gordon-Reed with her new book On Juneteenth in a special livestream event on Monday, June 21, 7-8 pm CT. Free tickets, required to access the livestream, are available through the Inprint website, inprinthouston.org. Gordon-Reed, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, will read an excerpt from On Juneteenth and then converse […]
Sugar Land 95 to be honored at news conference June 19
The remains of the 95 victims still lie in unadorned graves in a grassy Sugar Land field, marked only by flat, black rectangular stones engraved with numbers. But the tragic tale of the monumental discovery of the “Sugar Land 95” is far from over. June 19, a day commonly known in the South as “Juneteenth,” is when Texas slaves learned they were officially freed two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. […]