Celebrate freedom in America this weekend at a Juneteenth event. Juneteenth is Wednesday, June 19th and there are multiple activities to check out. See our list below and start making plans.
Thursday, June 13th
Friday, June 14th
- Juneteenth Celebration Day @ Detroit Public Library – Redford (4pm to 5:30pm)
- Dancing In The Streets Juneteenth Freedom Weekend @ Motown Musuem (6pm to 10pm)
Saturday, June 15th
- Sloan Museum of Discovery, Flint
- Inkster’s Leanna Hicks Public Library (12pm to 3pm)
- Downtown Pontiac
- Heritage Park, Canton (3pm to 10pm)
- Madison Heights Juneteenth Celebration (12pm to 6pm)
- Juneteenth Celebration @ Inkster Public Library (12pm)
Sunday, June 16th
Monday, June 17th
Wednesday, June 19th
- West Bloomfield High School
- Juneteenth Jubilee Celebration @ The Wright Museum
- Juneteenth History Comes Alive @ Farmington Community Library (6:30pm to 7pm)
- Juneteenth on the Cut @ Dequindre Cut (2pm to 7pm)
- Oak Park’s Juneteenth Celebration (4pm to 9pm)
Saturday, June 22nd
- Nankin Mills Recreation Area, Westland (12pm to 4pm)
- Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration @ Romulus Historical Park (12pm to 5pm)
LEARN ABOUT JUNETEENTH
Juneteenth commemorates the last group of American slaves learning they were free in 1865. The holiday is the perfect opportunity to celebrate freedom in America and discuss the nation’s history and present with your family. Expand your home library and buy (or borrow from your local library) books about Juneteenth. Support black owned bookstore and shop at Detroit Book City (Southfield), Sources (Detroit) or Black Stone (Ypsilanti).
- Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper
- Freedom’s Gifts: A Juneteenth Story by Valerie Wesley
- All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson
- Juneteenth by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- The Story of Juneteenth: An Interactive History Adventure by Steven Otfinoski
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