JUNETEENTH – Celebrate Freedom
We honor and celebrate Juneteenth. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing more than three million enslaved people in the Confederate states. However, many enslaved people continued to be held captive after the proclamation announcement. Two and half years later on June 19, 1865, federal orders were read in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming all enslaved people in Texas were now free.
Today, a feature film, ‘Miss Juneteenth’ will debut via multiple streaming platforms. According to the Sundance Institute, Miss Juneteenth features a soulful journey of a determined woman who takes on the burden of representing history, and generations of Black women, while standing tall despite her own shortcomings as she marches, step by step, toward self-realization.
A University of Oklahoma game-changing supporter and tennis letterwinner, Tim Headington, was a producer and financier for this powerful film. Tim remains passionate to share stories that will provide hope and challenge the human spirit towards a better tomorrow.
See more information about Miss Juneteenth below.
Today, a feature film, ‘Miss Juneteenth’ will debut via multiple streaming platforms. According to the Sundance Institute, Miss Juneteenth features a soulful journey of a determined woman who takes on the burden of representing history, and generations of Black women, while standing tall despite her own shortcomings as she marches, step by step, toward self-realization.
A University of Oklahoma game-changing supporter and tennis letterwinner, Tim Headington, was a producer and financier for this powerful film. Tim remains passionate to share stories that will provide hope and challenge the human spirit towards a better tomorrow.
See more information about Miss Juneteenth below.
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