Editing Juneteenth (section)

==== Early Juneteenth celebrations ====
Formerly enslaved people in Galveston rejoiced after General Order No. 3.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=June 27, 1974 |title=It Happened: June 19. |newspaper=Milwaukee Star |volume=14 |number=42 |url=http://www.infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/doc?p=EANX&docref=image/v2%3A12A7AE31A7B3CA6B%40EANX-12C56130F92C6210%402442226-12C5613126726070%404-12C561320D6419C0%40It%2BHappened%2B%253A%2BJune%2B19 |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620230423/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/user/login?destination=doc%3Fp%3DEANX&docref=image%2Fv2%3A12A7AE31A7B3CA6B%40EANX-12C56130F92C6210%402442226-12C5613126726070%404-12C561320D6419C0%40It%20Happened%20%3A%20June%2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> One year later, on June&nbsp;19, 1866, [[Freedman|freedmen]] in Texas organized the first of what became annual commemorations of "Jubilee Day".<ref name="TXJ19" /> Early celebrations were used as political rallies to give voting instructions to newly freed African Americans.<ref name=":5">{{cite news|date=June 13, 1976|title=Juneteenth Adds Continuity to Black Tradition|pages=100|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49828863/fort-worth-star-telegram/|access-date=June 4, 2020|via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}}|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604184251/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49828863/fort-worth-star-telegram/|url-status=live}}</ref> Other independence observances occurred on January&nbsp;1 or&nbsp;4.{{sfn|Wilson|2006|p=239}}

In some cities, Black people were barred from using public parks because of state-sponsored [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregation]] of facilities. Across parts of Texas, freed people pooled their funds to purchase land to hold their celebrations.<ref name="gates" /><ref name="TXJ19">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/juneteenth.html |title=Juneteenth |website=Texas State Library and Archives Commission |access-date=July 6, 2006 |archive-date=July 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718135927/http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/juneteenth.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The day was first celebrated in Austin in 1867 under the auspices of the [[Freedmen's Bureau]], and it had been listed on a "calendar of public events" by 1872.{{sfn|Wynn|2009|p=}} That year, Black leaders in Texas raised $1,000 for the purchase of {{Convert|10|acres|ha|abbr=|0}} of land, today known as Houston's [[Emancipation Park (Houston)|Emancipation Park]], to celebrate Juneteenth.{{sfn|Mustakeem|2007|p=}}

The observation was soon drawing thousands of attendees across Texas. In [[Limestone County, Texas|Limestone County]], an estimated 30,000 Black people celebrated at Booker T. Washington Park, established in 1898 for Juneteenth celebrations.{{sfn|Wynn|2009|p=}}{{sfn|Knight|2011|p=}} The Black community began using the word ''Juneteenth'' for Jubilee Day early in the 1890s.<ref name=":1" /> The word ''Juneteenth'' appeared in print in the ''[[Brenham Banner-Press|Brenham Weekly Banner]]'', a white newspaper from [[Brenham, Texas]], as early as 1891.<ref>{{cite news |title=The emancipation celebration |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brenham-weekly-banner/21078844/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=[[Brenham Banner-Press|Brenham Weekly Banner]] |date=25 June 1891 |page=7 |quote=There was not so many colored people in the city as usual on Saturday evening, all of them, very near, being out at the 'Juneteenth siliibration.' |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619020639/https://www.newspapers.com/article/brenham-weekly-banner/21078844/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mentions of Juneteenth celebrations outside of Texas appeared as early as 1909 in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Article clipped from The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-juneteenth-shreveport-la-1909/79844884/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=[[Shreveport Times|The Times]] |date=20 June 1909 |page=18 |quote=The entire colored population of the city is taking a holiday today, observing 'Juneteenth,' as they call it. |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619020638/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-juneteenth-shreveport-la-1909/79844884/ |url-status=live }}</ref>