A LETTER TO MY FELLOW BLACK TEXANS ABOUT JUNETEENTH
A LETTER TO MY FELLOW BLACK TEXANS ABOUT JUNETEENTH
When Juneteenth became a federal holiday, a year and a half ago, and there were all those articles explaining its history, were you as surprised as I was to learn the symbolism behind our rituals? That the red food and drink served on that day represent the suffering of our ancestors and our fierce resistance? That the bursting lone star at the center of the Juneteenth flag, created just 25 years ago, stands for the holiday’s Texas origins as well as Black freedom reverberating through all fifty states?
In the seventies my family and neighbors drank plenty of Big Red on Juneteenth, but it was pretty much the drink of choice for all summertime cookouts, reunions, and holidays. And I’d never heard of the Juneteenth flag, much less seen it fly, until our holiday went national.
READ MORE: A LETTER TO MY FELLOW BLACK TEXANS ABOUT JUNETEENTH https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics...
When Juneteenth became a federal holiday, a year and a half ago, and there were all those articles explaining its history, were you as surprised as I was to learn the symbolism behind our rituals? That the red food and drink served on that day represent the suffering of our ancestors and our fierce resistance? That the bursting lone star at the center of the Juneteenth flag, created just 25 years ago, stands for the holiday’s Texas origins as well as Black freedom reverberating through all fifty states?
In the seventies my family and neighbors drank plenty of Big Red on Juneteenth, but it was pretty much the drink of choice for all summertime cookouts, reunions, and holidays. And I’d never heard of the Juneteenth flag, much less seen it fly, until our holiday went national.
READ MORE: A LETTER TO MY FELLOW BLACK TEXANS ABOUT JUNETEENTH https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics...
I followed the deaCON deacon ron link and found OOPS
..I sure wanted to know about the deaCON "..red food and drink.." and "Big Red"