Juneteenth Resources for Faith Leaders

This list of resources was put together by Flipped Table Collective Co-Founder Rev. Dr. Christie Love.

These resources are designed to increase your awareness and understanding of the history of the Juneteenth holiday so that you can better honor it in your faith spaces.

• Juneteenth Faith and Freedom Documentary by PBS

• Watch this Juneteenth message from Bishop William J. Barber II. 

• Visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture website for resources, tools, and links about Juneteenth. Also be sure to explore the Digital Toolkit that the museum published as well. 

• PBS Learning has a series of short videos, resources, and readings about the history of Juneteenth that are appropriate for middle school-age students and higher. 

• Engage with this Video tour of the artwork for the Juneteenth Commemorative exhibit at the Williamsville Public Library in 2023.

• Visit the Brenham Heritage Museum’s Virtual Juneteenth Exhibit for 2020.  

• Read What is Juneteenth by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 

• Explore the Juneteenth Curriculum Guide by Academia. 

• Listen to this playlist on Spotify to honor the celebration of Juneteenth. 

• Explore the resources that the NAACP has published for Juneteenth. 

• Watch the Juneteenth Teach-In with Dr. Jemar Tisby

• Watch the documentary 13th on Netflix. 

• Listen to this Sojouner’s podcast with John Whittington Franklin and Jim Wallis about Juneteenth and the Tulsa Riots. 

• Watch the 2020 Juneteenth Celebration from Carnegie Hall with a sermon by Bishop Micheal Curry (starts at 1:04:14)

• Listen to Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem

Short videos on the history of Juneteenth that can be shown in a worship service: 

• History of Juneteenth from Iowa PBS 3 min. 

• What is Juneteenth and why is it important from Ted-Ed (5:30 min).

• What is Juneteenth? Illustrated to Educate video (3:15 min) 

• Juneteenth explained in 60 seconds