Juneteenth Celebration
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Museum
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Scope and Contents
- On June 20, 1992, the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture's Juneteenth Celebration was held at the Anacostia Museum. Museum Director Steven Newsome, Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly, and other civic leaders greeted guests with speeches. Musical and dance performances included a capella groups In Process and REVERB; go-go bands Junkyard Band and Chuck Brown/Soul Searchers; doo-wop singers The Orioles; reggae band Third Eye; Melvin Deal West African Dancers; and St. Teresa of Avila Choir. Children's activities included games, such as balloon toss and sack race. Storytellers Rita Cox and Jamal Koram, puppeteer Schroeder Cherry, and Happy the Clown also performed. Arts and crafts demonstrations included hair braiding, kente weaving, tie dyeing, jewelry making, doll making, cartooning, and quilting by Daughter of Dorcas. The day also included a Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Reenactment by Kwelismith and a poetry reading 'The Spoken Word.'
- Celebration - festival. Part of Juneteenth Programs. AV002086: 19920620. AV002092: dated 1992.
- Date
- 1992
- Extent
- 2 Video recordings (VHS, 1/2")
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Topic
- African Americans
- Juneteenth
- Celebrations
- Museums and community
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- United States
- Citation
- Juneteenth Program Records, 1989-1998, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Identifier
- ACMA.01-007.13, Item ACMA AV002086
- Local Numbers
- ACMA AV002092
Related Content
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Juneteenth Program Records, 1989-1998
- Scope and Contents
- This collection consists of the records of Anacostia Community Museum's Juneteenth program held by the museum from 1989-1999. The material consists primarily of event programs, photographs, and audiovisual recordings of the various celebrations held on the grounds of the museum. video and audio recordings of the program events.
- Biographical / Historical
- Juneteenth is the celebration of the emancipation of Texas slaves, who were formally notified of their freedom on June 19, 1865. Although Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia in April and the territories in June of 1862, it took over two years for the news to reach Texas. The celebration of freedom demonstrates the richness of African American culture and a strong spirit of community. Since 1865, Juneteenth has been celebrated in communities throughout the country with a variety of activities, including picnics, parades, music, speeches, dancing, rodeos and baseball. In 1989, the Anacostia Museum began hosting a Juneteenth celebration, which typically included speeches, musical and dance performances, children's activities, and arts and crafts demonstrations.
- Date
- 1989-1998
- Extent
- 936 Photographs (1 Binder, 35mm slides, negatives, and photographic prints.)
- 0.5 Linear feet
- 10 Video recordings (VHS, 1/2" )
- 1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
- Citation
- Juneteenth Program Records, 1989-1998, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Video recordings
- Sound recordings
- Slides (photographs)
- Topic
- Juneteenth
- Public Programs
- Celebrations
- Sound recordings
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Identifier
- ACMA.01-007.13