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Juneteenth Celebration Ideas & Resources

1. Read about the history at juneteenth.com.
2. Support black businesses (see list on dothebay.com)
3. Go to a Juneteenth event near you:

San Francisco

• San Francisco Fillmore celebration
•  San Francisco City wide Black Student Union
• Marin Conservatory of Dance  
• Run with Black Men Run
• Bayview Juneteenth and father’s Day event (great for kids)
• Juneteenth waterfront farmers market

Oakland

• Afrocentric Oakland’s Juneteenth event
• Black Food & Wine experience
• Freedom Day Rooftop celebration
• West Oakland Juneteenth Festival
•  Liberation park food & Music festival

Berkeley

• Major Taylor Bay Area bike ride
• Juneteenth festival: Belonging

Fairfield

• Suisun Block Party

Richmond

• Richmond Juneteenth Business conference
• City of Richmond Parade

 Alameda

• Alameda celebration

Brentwood

• East county celebration

Sonoma

• Sonoma Freedom Day

4. Movies to Watch that Celebrate Black Joy:

• Miss Juneteenth (Hulu, Amazon Prime)
• Judas and the Black Messiah (Amazon Prime, HBO Max)
• Black Panther (Netflix)
• Homecoming: a film by Beyoncé (Netflix)
• Soul (Disney +)
• Black is King (Disney +)
• One night in Miami (Amazon Prime)
• Cinderella- 1997 (Disney +)
• Coach Carter (Paramount +, Amazon Prime)
• “Black-ish,” Season 4, Episode 1
• “Atlanta,” Season 1, Episode 1

5. Book Recommendations

• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Gift of Black Folk by W.E.B Dubois The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole

6. Four Myths About Juneteenth

 

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