Arizona PBS celebrates Juneteenth

Join us as we celebrate and recognize Juneteenth! Not sure what it means to celebrate this holiday? Watch the diverse content, featured documentaries and Arizona PBS specials below to learn all about it. And access crafts and activities for kids!

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How to make a Juneteenth freedom flag

With a few materials, you can make a Juneteenth freedom flag at home or in the classroom. Our own Dr. Veronica Chacón, Assistant Director for the Arizona Early Childhood Registry, shows us in this video from last year how to complete the activity. Click the link to download the star template, then try it yourself!

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Talking with Children About Keyshawn Solves It and Juneteenth

7 Books for Celebrating Juneteenth

How Juneteenth Can Be Meaningful For Your Family

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Being a Good Neighbor: Talking About Race With Kids

Grandparents read picture books to their two young grandchildren

Teaching Your Child About Black History

A Juneteenth flag made out of popsicle sticks

5 Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth With Your Family

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SciGirls Stories: Black Women in STEM

Meet five Black women scientists who are innovators, problem-solvers and STEM superstars who honor their racial identity and cultures.

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Buffalo Soldiers in their military uniforms

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Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts

Established by Congress, the 14th Amendment promised citizenship in exchange for enlistment, prompting many African American men to join up. This film by “Local, USA” examines the profound and often-contradictory roles played by Buffalo Soldiers in U.S. history, and how they fought on two sets of front lines: military conflicts abroad and civil rights struggles at home.

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PBS Special

Fire on the Hill: The Cowboys of South Central LA

Zora Neale Hurston smoking while she rides in a car

American Experience

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space

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Fannie Lou Hamer’s America

Two black women sit next to each other and look into the camera

PBS World

The Conversation Remix

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Muhammad Ali

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Independent Lens: The Big Payback

Digital-first series

Black in Arizona

Black in Arizona, a digital-first series presented by Arizona PBS, explores what it’s like to be Black in the 48th state, highlighting the contributions, trials and triumphs of Black Arizonans.

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Jessica Salow, Assistant Archivist of Black Collections at Arizona State University library; Todd Bailey, Special Projects Coordinator at Arizona Historical Society.

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Arizona Historical Society hosts annual Juneteenth celebration

The Arizona Historical Society will host their Annual Juneteenth Celebration at the Arizona Heritage Center on Sunday, June 18 in Tempe from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., in partnership with Arizona State University Library’s Black Collections and the Black Family Genealogy and History Society. Learn more by watching this recent episode of “Arizona Horizon.”

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Arts

Rewind and Play: Thelonious Monk

Improvisational pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is featured in this film by Alain Gomis, showing Monk in the grip of a violent factory of stereotypes, offering an unfiltered glimpse at the racial indignities some artistic geniuses are asked to endure.

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