🅷 Happy Juneteenth - Happy Freedom Day!

<p>SUBSCRIBE ON <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baby-wordplay/id1785229946" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">APPLE</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/18JVSlByKE0tVPRkYumWgJ?si=bd5f48dd2f1f49cb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">SPOTIFY</a> $2.99/month or <a href="https://misspamsbabypodcast.supercast.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">SUPERCAST</a> $3.99/month</p><p>Thank you so much Ashley Causey-Golden for joining us - creator of Afrocentric Montessori<strong> - </strong><a href="https://afrocentricmontessori.com/profile/ashley-causey-golden" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠<strong>HERE</strong></a></p><p>*Did you know that there are two Emancipation Parks that I know of? In Houston, Texas and Kingston, Jamaica.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>June 19, 1872</strong>, was the day that the enslaved people of Texas learned they were free legally- long after (2 years!) the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln: The holiday became known as Juneteenth in the US.</p><p>&quot;Black people freed themselves&quot; </p><p>&quot;According to Britt Hawthorne &quot;Enslaved Black folks did fight back. They resisted captivity through various actions such as escape, organized rebellions, planned revolts, abolition, self-education and more.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The first official Juneteenth celebrations were held on June 19, 1866, in Galveston Bay Texas.</strong></p><p><strong>Black Americans especially in Texas, often celebrate with community festivals, but education and civic engagement -- like registering to vote -- are also central to Juneteenth&#39;s commemoration.&quot;</strong></p><p><strong>+ from Britt Hawthorne, Best selling author and speaker.</strong></p><p>| | | | | | | | | | | </p><p><strong>This episode was inspired by &quot;They Built Me For Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston&#39;s Emancipation Park&quot; </strong>by Tonya Duncan Ellis and Jenin Mohammed, illustrator. </p><p>| | | | | | | | | ||</p><p>ANOTHER EMANCIPATION PARK - Kingston, Jamaica</p><p>The Park was created to be a symbol of Freedom to Hope, to Excel and to Be.</p><p>The Emancipation Act was passed on July 31, 1834 in the British West Indies at midnight. </p><p>However, full freedom to over 300,000 enslaved Africans was not granted until four years later by Queen Victoria of England on August 1, 1838. </p><p>The opening of Emancipation Park in July 2002 is a significant mileston