Juneteenth 2024

JUNETEENTH FLAG - CREATED BY BEN HAITH

On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and nearly five months after the 13th Amendment was passed (six months before it would be ratified), enslaved people in Texas learned that they were free and that slavery in America had officially been abolished.

The Star represents the Lone Star State & the freedom of African Americans
The burst represents a new beginning for the African Americans of Galveston and throughout the land.
The arc-The curve that extends across the width of the flag represents a new horizon: the opportunities and promise that lay ahead for black Americans.
The colors-The red, white and blue represents the American flag, a reminder that slaves and their descendants were and are Americans.

The Fourth of July

Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester by Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852

"Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens:

He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more strikingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. A feeling has crept over me, quite unfavorable to the exercise of my limited powers of speech. The task before me is one which requires much previous thought and study for its proper performance. I know that apologies of this sort are generally considered flat and unmeaning. I trust, however, that mine will not be so considered. Should I seem at ease, my appearance would much misrepresent me. The little experience I have had in addressing public meetings, in country schoolhouses, avails me nothing on the present occasion."

juneteenth 2024

SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1919

We are the NAACP. We honor Juneteenth everyday with the work we do.

Join us as we Recognize our Emancipation, Honor our

Accomplishments Past and Present. We must preserve our history, for it is the foundation on which future Advocates stand. We must share our stories for they provide the weapons of truth necessary to protect and sustain our future. We are the NAACP and we are "Thriving Together-All In", committed to Our culture and Community.

Please participate in our

1-Children's Book drive. Please donate new or gently read, unmarked books featuring American Black History.

2-Food drive for the West Chester Food Bank

3-Membership drive

4-Voter's Registration Drive

We will up date this page as we become aware of more events and expand our own celebration. Spend time searching our site you might be surprised by what you discover.

What does Freedom ......like to You?

What does Freedom FEEL LIKE, LOOK LIKE, SMELL LIKE, SOUND LIKE, TASTE LIKE? Find out. See you soon.

On Saturday, June 15th join us at the Charles A. Melton Arts & Education, at 10am, as we launch our celebration. We will recognize the historic events of the Emancipation Proclamation and it's significance to those directly impacted and our nation. During the afternoon continue the celebration with music, food, fun community fellowship and Joy.

On Wednesday, JUNETEENTH meet us at the Old Courthouse at NOON, for "A Reenactment of Juneteenth 1865" depicting the events of June 19, 1865, Major Gordon Granger posting Union Order No. 3. IMMEDIATELY following the "Reenactment" join us in a Freedom Walk to Bethel AME Church. At 4pm share in a Juneteenth Meal and reflect during a Jubilee at Milestone Events. Reservations for this event are "Required" please scan the QR code in the flyer or click on the flyer to register.

Chester County did not escape the stain of slavery. Not only did hundreds of enslaved people work in the fields, taverns, forges, and mills throughout the county, but a growing enslaved population in the Caribbean opened new export markets for Chester County wheat and flour. In 1780 the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the Gradual Abolition Act, but this early attempt to end slavery in Pennsylvania left a system in place that ensured it would continue well into the 19th century. Jacob Glasgow personally experienced the horrors of slavery firsthand—first as an enslaved man pursuing freedom, and second as a loving father and husband trying to navigate a legal system designed to protect the interest of the Hood family, who were the enslavers of his wife Sall. In 1803 Glasgow sued Samuel Hood over a broken contract. This was a bold act for a man who—just a few years earlier—had been inventoried as personal property. Glasgow’s perseverance and determination did not go unnoticed by the ensuing generations of children and grandchildren who shared his surname. This is a story of slavery in Chester County as told through the experience of Jacob Glasgow.

Pan African Flag-1920

The Black American Heritage Flag-1967

The Pan-African flag was created in 1920 by UNIA members, including Marcus Garvey, to represent people of the African Diaspora & to symbolize black liberation in the United States.

The Black American Heritage Flag-1967

Also known as the African-American Heritage Flag was created in 1967 by Melvin Charles and Gleason T. Jackson. The flag is an ethnic flag that represents the culture and history of African-American people.