Juneteenth, or June Nineteenth, commemorates June 19, 1865,  when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that the Civil War had ended and the enslaved African Americans there were free, over two years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.


Dates

Thursday, June 18, 2026 thur

Saturday, June 21, 2026

Location

Indiana University

Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center

Bridgewaters Lounge

Time

5:00 PM To 9:00


Have Question Contact Us?

Holly Warren
Assistant Director for the Arts

Department of Economic and Sustainable Development (ESD)

holly.warren@bloomington.gov

Kem Cotton
Coordinator

kcgraphic1@gmail.com