MENLO PARK, Calif.,
June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- This Saturday marks the annual observance of Juneteenth,
which commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in
Galveston, Texas in 1865 to ensure
all enslaved Black people be freed. Observed by millions of Black
Americans nationwide, the holiday has gained broader recognition
following an unprecedented time of ongoing racial dialogue and
connection.
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If you're looking for ways to observe, celebrate or show your
support for Juneteenth this year, check out the below programming
and activities taking place across the Facebook family of apps,
including a video with Tina
Knowles-Lawson where she explores how the holiday played
an important role in shaping her family's lives and ways for
younger generations of Black Americans to embrace Juneteenth:
- Watch Miss Tina
Knowles-Lawson on Facebook's Lift Black Voices
Hub -- Check out the indomitable matriarch's debut of her
new short film with Facebook that dishes on her family's deep
connection with holiday, their family's Texas roots and how Juneteenth was their
primary celebration of independence, even over July 4th. The Lift Black Voices Hub also includes
a curated mix of fundraisers, educational resources and content
that showcases how communities are reimagining Black freedom on
Facebook platforms every day.
- Spotlighting Black Business Owners From the Birthplace of
Juneteenth: Checkout Facebook Elevate to find featured
Black-owned small businesses in the birthplace of Juneteenth -
Galveston, Texas, as well as
resources that highlight ways we all can support local Black-owned
businesses.
- Facebook's Black Creators program, We The Culture-- and
their exploration of "Black Luxury": Facebook is honoring
the richness of the Black community with a social series dubbed
"Black Luxury" that celebrates the ways Black creativity is
expressed through joy, freedom, power and agency. Check it out on
'We The Culture' – Facebook's hub for Black Creators.
Whether it's supporting Black businesses, celebrating Black
voices, or educating wider communities on the importance of the
date, Facebook is excited to elevate stories of the Black
experience with freedom in this country, while sharing the
community's collective strength, tenacity and love shared across
its family of apps.
For more information around Facebook's Juneteenth programming
and educational resources about the holiday, visit Facebook's "Lift
Black Voices" Hub.
Contact: Bjorn
Trowery, bjornt@fb.com
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