Description
Director of the University of Texas - Austin's Center for the Study of Race & Democracy Peniel Joseph talked about the history of Juneteenth.
7 minutes
Keywords
- Abraham Lincoln
- Antebellum
- Civil War
- Congress
- Contrabands
- Convict Leasing
- Emancipation
- Frederick Douglass
- General Order #3
- Gordon Granger
- Incarceration
- Juneteenth
- Plantation
- Robert E. Lee
- Slavery
- Thaddeus Stevens
- Thomas Jefferson
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Union
Additional Resources
- On This Day: Juneteenth
- Video Clip: Juneteenth Becomes a National Holiday
- Video Clip: House Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
- Bell Ringer: History of Juneteenth
- Bell Ringer: Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
- Bell Ringer: Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
- Lesson Plan: Civil War Era and the Constitution
- Lesson Plan: Evolution of Slavery
- Lesson Plan: Choice Board: Civil War Battles