There will be plenty of ways to learn about and celebrate Juneteenth this weekend throughout the Houston area.
June 19 marks 157 years since the emancipation of slaves in Texas and the United States. U.S. Gen. Gordon Granger read General Orders No. 3 on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, giving the holiday even greater meaning for the Houston region.
Houston Police and federal law enforcement will be on hand at Emancipation Park in the city’s historic Third Ward to ensure the public’s safety at the biggest event of the weekend.
Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Work
Prairie View A&M University, Rice University and Texas Southern University will host panels on topics ranging from Black Entrepreneurship to Higher Education, “Pathways to the Ph.D. for Black Students.”
Where: Anderson Clarke Center, 6100 Main Street
When: June 17, 8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
“Memory Builds the Monument” Film Screening
Celebrate Juneteenth by watching the screening of “Memory Builds The Monument.” The award-winning short film documents the lives and struggles of Black Houstonians in the city’s fifth ward from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Where: The DeLuxe Theater, 3303 Lyons Avenue
When: June 17, 6 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
