Juneteenth Celebration
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. TU will commemorate Juneteenth by hosting, collaborating on, and supporting various opportunities for the community, healing, reflection, support, education, and action for the TU community.
Events
BFSA Juneteenth Cook-In & Spades Tournament
Saturday, June 17 | 4 p.m.
We are excited to announce this year’s Cook-in & Spades Tournament. Saturday, June 17th from 4-7 pm, we will gather in the lower level of PAWS in the Union for food, fun, and games. The event is free and all are welcome. You and your favorite Spades partner may enter the tournament with a $30 per team contribution to the Barnes Harris Endowment – a scholarship fund named for TU’s first Black graduates and supports students’ academic endeavors on campus. Winners get bragging rights and a prize! The last tournament’s winning team was from Johns Hopkins. We look forward to seeing who takes home the crown this year!
Never learned to play Spades? No worries! We will have a Learn 2 Play station for those who want to learn the game, which has become strongly associated with our culture!
If you plan to attend the event and/or the tournament, please see event details. Feel free to share with colleagues, families, and friends.
Juneteenth
Monday, June 19 | TU Closed
Juneteenth Resources
Multimedia, Social Media and On-Demand Webinars
- Academics for Black Survival and Wellness
- Anti-Racist Resources
- Action Steps
- #blackintheivory Social Media Campaign
- #blackintheivory on Twitter
Community Engagement Around Baltimore
- The Walters Art Museum - Juneteenth: Honoring Food, Traditions, and Histories, June 15th, 6:00-7:00 p.m. (free, registration is required)
- AFRAM 2023, Druid Hill Park, June 17th to 18th, (free)
- Juneteenth - Coldstream Homestead Montebello & Speak Life Tour, June 18th
- Reginald F. Lewis Museum Juneteeth Celebration: Envisioning A New Future, June 19th, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., (free)
- Columbia, MD - Juneteenth Celebration LakeFest Weekend, June 18th, (free)
- Montgomery County, MD - Juneteenth Celebration in Montgomery County, June 18th, (free & with nominal fee)
- Eastern Shore, MD - Eastern Shore Juneteenth Parade & Festival, June 17th, Downtown, Salisbury, MD, (free)
- Across Maryland - Various Juneteenth Celebrations across Maryland, (free & with nominal fee)
Juneteenth Celebration at Baltimore County Senior Centers
- Parkville Senior Center, June 14th, 10:30 a.m., Enjoy a performance by Janice the Griot as Harriet Tubman and the history of Juneteenth. (free, registration required)
- Seven Oaks Senior Center, June 13th, 12:45 p.m., Documentary, "Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom." (free, registration required)
- Catonsville Senior Center, June 14th, 12:45 p.m. Movie, "Beale Street." (free, registration required)
- Liberty Senior Center, June 20th, all day, Dress in your favorite Juneteenth t-shirts to receive a ticket for a drawing to win one of three $25 gift cards of the day. Group pictures will be taken.
- Victory Villa Senior Center, June 22nd, 10:45 a.m., Enjoy a speaker from SALES; light refreshments
- Jacksonville Senior Center June 29th, 10:00 a.m., Join a Juneteenth Book Discussion on "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi facilitated by Hereford Library Staff.
Readings
- National Civil Rights Museum to Host Event Series for Juneteenth
- After Slavery by Bruce E. Baker and Brian Kelly
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
- Juneteenth: The 155-year-old holiday’s history explained
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Explains “What is Juneteenth?”
- What is Juneteenth? SUSLA history professor talks Black history and the trauma of racism
- Children’s books to celebrate Juneteenth
- Juneteenth by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; Drew Nelson; Mark Schroder
- Juneteenth by Julie Murray
- Juneteenth by Lynn Peppas
- How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
- The Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story by Glenda Armand
Music
- Portraits of Langston: VI. Harlem's Summer Night (Classical)
- Juneteenth Jamboree, Gladys "Fatso" Bentley (Jazz/Swing)
- I Can't Breathe, Tje Austin (2020, Contemporary)
- Fantasie Nègre No.2 in G Minor by Florence Price, Samantha Ege (Cassical)
- Redemption Song, Bob Marley (Reggae)
- Pride: In the Name of Love, U2 (Rock)
- Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday (Blues/Jazz)
- Ain’t No Stopping Us Now, McFadden & Whitehead (R&B)
- Spiritual Trilogy / Oh Freedom / Come and Go with Me / I'm on My Way, Odetta (Ballad/Blues)
- Someday We’ll All Be Free, Donny Hathaway (Ballad/R&B)
- What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye (R&B)
- Glory, Common & John Legend (Ballad/Gospel/R&B)
- Black Like Me, Mickey Guyton (Ballad/Country)
- Oh, Freedom, The Golden Gospel Singers (Gospel/Spiritual)
- Chan Chan (Compay Segundo), Playing For Change-Song Around The World (Artists from around the Globe)
- Rise Up, Andra Day (Ballad)