Juneteenth
(the abbreviation for “June Nineteenth”) commemorates the day when federal
troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and
ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops arrived two and a half
years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the
end of slavery in the United States and is regarded as the longest running African
American holiday.
Juneteenth 2023 is a great day to honor a Top-Rated CharityWatch Black American
or Civil Rights & Social Justice charity with a donation.
Some featured Top-Rated charities from these categories include:
Fortune Society
works to support successful re-entry from prison & to promote alternatives
to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
Freedom
From Religion Foundation works to keep church and state separate and to educate
the public about nontheism.
Interfaith
Alliance Foundation works to advance an inclusive vision of religious
freedom, rooted in the Constitution and affirming of people of all religious
traditions and the nonreligious.