"Juneteenth" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"'Twere Juneteenth day,\" she began reverentially, \"when my light firs' broke. The darkies all bunched up down in the live oak grove were a-singin' an' a-dancin', 'spressin' their glory 'cause they warnt no mo' slaves nohow.[\"]",
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          "text": "\"But whut if it rains?\" asked Josy. \"It always do rain on Juneteenth.\" / \"Dat's jes' de way of it,\" said John. \"Someone is always a-th'owin' cold water on eve'ything I does.\"",
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          "text": "He had invited her to attend the Juneteenth picnic as his guest all day. And now he had done something that never, in all his life, had he heard of any colored boy doing before—planned an expensive outing right on the eve of the big annual event. [...] \"Juneteenth\"—white people also pretty generally use the phrase—is their Emancipation Day, and it is the one day in the year when every Caucasian is supposed to consider the comfort and enjoyment of his negro friends ahead of his own.",
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          "text": "Truck drivers, business men, and school teachers belonging to the racial group have told me tales, but the best of tale-tellers has been some ex-slave buoyed up by the spirit of a Nineteenth of June celebration—the \"Juneteenth\"—the day on which all colored people in the South commemorate the freedom of their race from slavery. The significance of the day is so great and the tales I have collected are so bound up with the legalized slavery which, in 1865, this day put an end to, that I have used Juneteenth as a title. Nobody who does not understand a Juneteenth celebration can ever understand the Negro or his songs and tales.",
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          "text": "The annual celebration by Negroes of June 19—the day when emancipation from slavery became effective in the State [...]—is general; few Texas Negroes would consider working on \"Juneteenth\" if it can be avoided. The holiday is generally observed by a picnic at which everyone eats, dances and sings to his heart's content.",
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          "ref": "1987, William H. Wiggins, Jr., “Following the Freedom Trail”, in O Freedom!: Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations, Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 5:",
          "text": "As I chewed on my extra-hot barbecue sandwich, Mr. Artis Lovelady, the vendor and celebration sponsor, explained why he was having a Juneteenth observance: \"I just wanted to do something, just wanted to kinda bring back old times and let the younger people see what we used to do to celebrate it on account of our Emancipation Proclamation.\"",
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          "text": "But what they [black people] chose to emphasize by means of traditional activities each year was the memory of gaining freedom. Consequently in African-American communities, especially in the South, a day of prayer, preaching, and festivities usually known as \"Juneteenth\" came to be observed [...].",
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          "ref": "1999, Ralph Ellison, chapter 7, in John F. Callahan, editor, Juneteenth: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 131:",
          "text": "There's been a heap of Juneteenths before this one and I tell you there'll be a heap more before we're truly free!",
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          "text": "On June 19, 1883, an eighteen-gun salute on the plaza in front of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, signaled the start of the annual Juneteenth observance.",
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          "text": "Proud Pelham in Navarro County had a long history of major Juneteenths. Every year on June 19, pigs and goats roasted over open pits or old bedsprings, while fish deep-fried in lard in big washpots hung from trees.",
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          "text": "Senator Taylor, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of \"Juneteenth Day,\" to symbolize the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States. [...] Indeed, Juneteenth Day is much more about the future than the past. It is a day where we gather to continue the struggle. We all realize the true freedom still eludes many of us.",
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          "text": "[M]aking Juneteenth a federal holiday is both urgent and necessary. [...] A Juneteenth federal holiday would be more than a \"day off,\" but one filled with educational experiences about the institution and affliction of slavery, community conversations on race and reconciliation, and cultural experiences that bring the history, challenges, and contributions of Black Americans to the forefront of the nation's consciousness.",
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          "text": "Senator Taylor, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of \"Juneteenth Day,\" to symbolize the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States. [...] Indeed, Juneteenth Day is much more about the future than the past. It is a day where we gather to continue the struggle. We all realize the true freedom still eludes many of us.",
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          "text": "[M]aking Juneteenth a federal holiday is both urgent and necessary. [...] A Juneteenth federal holiday would be more than a \"day off,\" but one filled with educational experiences about the institution and affliction of slavery, community conversations on race and reconciliation, and cultural experiences that bring the history, challenges, and contributions of Black Americans to the forefront of the nation's consciousness.",
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          "commemorate"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "slavery",
          "slavery"
        ],
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          "June",
          "June"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) Also more fully as Juneteenth Day: the United States national holiday commemorating the end of slavery, observed on June 19."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Black Independence Day"
        },
        {
          "word": "Emancipation Day"
        },
        {
          "word": "Freedom Day"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jubilee Day"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Abraham Lincoln",
        "Emancipation Proclamation",
        "General Order No. 3",
        "Gordon Granger",
        "Union Army"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌd͡ʒuːnˈtiːnθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌd͡ʒunˈtinθ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːnθ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "juneteenth"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dia De l'Emancipació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery",
      "word": "黑奴解放日"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Emanzipationtag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Freilassungtag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Teksański Dzień Emancypacji"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dzień Wyzwolenia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dia da Emancipação"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Día de la Emancipación"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Juneteenth"
}