Anti-Racist Street Art // A History of Juneteenth

*Note: This episode contains historic descriptions of violence against African Americans by White Americans.

Greetings, SOTAns! Thank you for embarking on this journey with us.

This episode is a two-parter: first, Sarah and Jasa discuss the numerous street murals being created honoring George Floyd, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, and encouraging policing reform. The University of St. Thomas Professors have created a Street Art Database which will document and celebrate the street art being created.

In the second part, we take a break from art-related topics to discuss the history of Juneteenth. Sarah takes us through the first Juneteenth in Galveston, Texas, and explains what this day meant for former slaves and slaveowners in the final days of the American Civil War.

Street Art Links:

George Floyd & Anti-Racist Street Art Database
George Floyd street art being preserved in gobal data base

Juneteenth:
For your information, not referenced during the podcast:

• What is Juneteenth? By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
• Juneteenth.com - World Wide Celebrations
• A proposal by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) would commemorate June 19 as the anniversary of emancipation.
• Calls To Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday Gain Momentum (published on june 19)
• National Archives Locates Handwritten Juneteenth Order

Links, in order of mention:

• Information on Major General Gordon Granger
• Image and description of General Order No. 3
• Smithsonian article discussing the reaction to Juneteenth: Juneteenth: Our Other Independence Day
• Discussion of the links between the business of slavery and Wall Street: The hidden links between slavery and Wall Street
• Story of the woman who escaped her enslaver and was killed - JSTOR reference: FROM NORTH CAROLINA: Ill Feeling Between the Freedmen and White Soldiers” New York Times (1857-1922); Aug 2, 1865; Proquest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times pg. 1
• A discussion of the Black Codes - Black Codes - history.com
• Statement from General Duval - Richmond Times, Richmond, VA, June 20, 1865
• Legal history of Juneteenth in Texas - Texas remembers - Juneteenth 2020