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Juneteenth 2020 Virtual Exhibit

  • Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. Image: Library of Congress
  • General Order No. 3, 1865. Image: Library of Congress
  • Bill of sale of slave woman (Cate Jones to J. Hanna at Brenham auction), 1852
  • Former Texas slave, Lorenza Ezell from Slave Narratives, 1936. Image: Library of Congress
  • Former Texas slave, Amos Clark from Slave Narratives, 1936. Image: Library of Congress
  • Former Texas slave, from Slave Narratives, 1936. Image: Library of Congress
  • Juneteenth Parade Float in Downtown Brenham, 1950
  • Juneteenth Royalty in Brenham’s Henderson Park, 1950
  • Juneteenth Parade in Downtown Brenham, 1983
  • Juneteenth Royalty in Brenham’s Henderson Park, 1950
  • Emancipation Celebration from Brenham Daily Banner, 1901
  • Juneteenth Royalty, Brenham
  • Emancipation Celebration from Brenham Daily Banner, 1894
  • Emancipation Day from Brenham Daily Banner, 1883
  • Emancipation Day from Brenham Daily Banner, 1886
  • Juneteenth sponsored by Black firefighters from Brenham Daily Banner, 1901
  • Juneteenth Royalty in Downtown Brenham, 1956
  • Juneteenth Royalty in Downtown Brenham, 1982
  • Preparing for Juneteenth in Brenham, date unknown
  • Juneteenth Twirlers in Downtown Brenham, 1982
  • Pickard Reunion Group in Downtown Brenham
  • Rep Al Edwards with Sylvester Turner, Image from S. Turner Twitter post
  • Juneteenth Parade in Downtown Brenham
  • Juneteenth Parade in Downtown Brenham
  • Juneteenth Parade in Downtown Brenham
  • Pickard High Float in Juneteenth Parade
  • Juneteenth Royalty Regalia from Brenham Heritage Museum exhibit, 2019
  • Twirlers visit Museum’s Juneteenth Exhibit, 2019
  • Juneteenth festivities in Fireman’s Park, 2019

Looking for More Information?

Reader’s Digest “What Is Juneteenth & Why Do We Celebrate It?
https://www.rd.com/culture/what-is-juneteenth/

Juneteenth, From Texas State Historical Association website
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lkj01

Washington County. From Texas State Historical Association website
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcw04

Black-ish Juneteenth video, from the “black-ish” Season 4 premiere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_FP7x322cc

“Let Freedom Ring” by Michael Hurd. .Texas Monthly
https://texashighways.com/culture/history/how-juneteenth-brought-emancipation-enslaved-people-texas/

Juneteenth Fact Sheet, from Congressional Research Service
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44865.pdf

Juneteenth, An American Holiday (Curriculum Guide by Lynne Hamer
https://www.academia.edu/4153097/Juneteenth_An_American_Holiday_Curriculum_Guide_

What is Juneteenth? by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , PBS website
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is-juneteenth/

Slave Narratives, Interview with Laura Smalley, Hempstead TX, Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1941016_afs05496a/

Slave Narratives, Interview with Lorenza Ezell. Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.162/?sp=30

Slave Narratives, Interview with Amos Clark. Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.161/?sp=227

Slave Narratives, Interview with Yach Stringfellow. Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.164/?sp=73

The Portal to Texas History, Brenham Daily Banner
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/BRWB/

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