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What to Support, Watch, Read, and Listen To this Juneteenth In honor of the historic holiday, dive into our picks on how you can celebrate Juneteenth—online and off |
Also known as “Freedom Day,” Juneteenth marks the liberation of the over 250,000 African Americans who were still enslaved in Galveston, Texas, despite the Emancipation Proclamation taking effect two years prior. A monumental celebration of sovereignty, the holiday is a proud mark—and reminder—of Black communities’ right to self-determination.
The fight for Black liberation continues today. Here’s how you can get involved, plus some of our team’s picks on what to watch, stream and read this Juneteenth.
Who to Support 📣 EatOkra for Black-owned restaurants Building Black Bedstuy, cooperative fighting to preserve Bed Stuy’s Black community and roots Reparations.Club, a Black-owned concept bookshop & LA-based creative space Dream Defenders, a Black and Brown coalition empowering change for marginalized communities Noname Book Club, a nationwide initiative opening access to political education by curating books on justice & liberation We Build Black, creating pathways to success for Black technologists For The Gworls, a life-saving fund for Black Trans people’s rent & gender-affirming surgery Black Women Writers Project, celebrating the legacies of Black women and gender-expansive writers #GoodViews 📺 “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” “Black Panthers” “Paris is Burning” “Lovecraft Country” “13th” “I Am Not Your Negro” “High on the Hog” #GoodListens 🎧 Black Stories. Black Truths. Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi Dreams of Black Wall Street The Stoop #GoodReads 📚 “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes “Assata, An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur “Kindred” by Octavia E. Butler “Giovanni's Room” by James Baldwin “Model Home” by Rivers Solomon “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo’” by Zora Neale Hurston |
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