In honor of this year’s Juneteenth National Independence Day, Team AgLearn is providing information and resources to encourage engagement with our newest Federal holiday.
Historical Background
In 2021, President Biden took the historic step of signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing June 19th as a federal holiday. Juneteenth is a day that commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States. Historically and culturally, celebrated on June 19, it marks the day in 1865 that Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army landed in Galveston, Texas, and informed enslaved people there that the Civil War ended, and slavery was abolished.
In celebrating Juneteenth, we encourage you to observe the end of the Civil War and reflect on the corrosive impacts of slavery that are still felt in the disparities in health and nutrition, agriculture, access to an education and economic opportunities, voting rights, criminal justice and policing that continue to burden Black Americans. This is also a moment to commit to work together to eradicate the enduring systems of racism and to build this country back better for our future to truly fulfill freedom’s promise.
More information about Juneteenth National Independence Day External Link
AgLearn Resources
Courses & Learning Paths
- Supporting Allyship and Anti-Racism at Work External Link
- Driving Change and Anti-Racism External Link
- How to Speak Up Against Racism at Work External Link
- Difficult Conversations: Talking about Race at Work External Link
- How to Engage Meaningfully in Allyship and Anti-Racism External Link
- Embracing Equity
eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audiobook: Anti-Racist Leadership: How to Transform Corporate Culture in a Race Conscious World External Link
- Audiobook: Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience External Link
- Audiobook: Histories of Racial Capitalism External Link
- eBook: Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit External Link
- eBook: The Business of Race: How to Create and Sustain an Antiracist Workplace—And Why it’s Actually Good for Business External Link
- eBook: It's Time to Talk about Race at Work: Every Leader's Guide to Making Progress on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion External Link