1997 – SENATE MAJORITY LEADER [TRENT LOTT] ANNOUNCES JUNETEENTH OBSERVANCE IN U.S. CAPITOL

1997      Juneteenth Historical    Archives Press Release Contact: Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., Chairman National Juneteenth Observance Foundation (NJOF) National Juneteenth Christian Leadership Council (NJCLC) 662-247-1471    662-331-8864 e-mail: MyersFound@aol.com web sites: www.19thofJune.com www.Juneteenth.us www.njclc.com ORIGINAL DATE OF PRESS RELEASE (4/17/97) TRENT LOTT U.S. Senator For Mississippi Senate Majority Leader Contact: Susan Irby (202)-224-5358 […]

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3rd Annual Meeting

  3rd Annual Meeting October 16, 17, 18, 2020 Memphis Tennessee Online at YouTube and Juneteenth.TV Schedule of Events Friday, October 16, 2020 7:00 to 10:00 PM Meet and Greet Saturday, October 17, 2020 8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast Doc’s Place 10:00 – 1:00 Meeting 2:00 – 6:00 Meeting 7:00 – 9:00 Miss Juneteenth Viewing Party […]

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JUNE IS JUNETEENTH AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ LEGACY MONTH

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JUNETEENTH JAZZ PRESENTERS (NAJJP) “June Is Black Music Month!” CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH JAZZ “Preserving Our African American Jazz Legacy!” www.JuneteenthJazz.com  JUNE IS JUNETEENTH AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ LEGACY MONTH   www.JuneteenthJazz.com www.JuneteenthJazz.com www.JuneteenthJazz.com www.JuneteenthJazz.com  www.JuneteenthJazz.com www.JuneteenthJazz.com www.JuneteenthJazz.com www.JuneteenthJazz.com                  

Sign the Petition to Recognize Juneteenth

Sign the Petition to Recognize Juneteenth at the link below In support of Juneteenth being a National Day of Observance, Opal Lee is walking across America to Washington D.C.  Sign the petition t the link below to let your support be known!   http://chng.it/ZpjddhWHrN    

Opal Lee Walks to DC

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Opal Lee may be 92 years old, but she’s got plenty of energy to travel across the nation. She is on a mission: Make Juneteenth a national holiday. “Ever since I can remember, working with Juneteenth is about unifying people,” Lee said Monday as she stopped in Williamsburg to promote her efforts. […]

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Using the NJOF CRM and other Resources

These are links to videos showing how to use the NJOF CRM and Committee  Resources. We will add more detail over the next few days. Welcome to OPS Determine Your Region Adding your contact information Submit request for event support Add Your Event to the Calendar

History of Juneteenth

History of Juneteenth Presented by Dr. Shennette Garrett-Scott Wednesday, June 19, at the Allen Public Library. Her program traces the history of Juneteenth events from the late nineteenth-century freedmen colonies” and settlements’ celebrations to the present community events.    

Juneteenth: Freedom At Last

Juneteenth: Freedom At Last Slavery persisted in the South even after the Emancipation Proclamation and the passage of the 13th Amendment. In the most remote corners of the Confederacy, news of slavery’s end did not come until more than two months after Robert E. Lee’s surrender in April 1865. The day that General Order No. […]

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