{"id":19811,"date":"2023-06-13T12:08:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T17:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/?p=19811"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:37:15","slug":"how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/play\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Commemorate Juneteenth in Memphis\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this city\u2019s rich history, there are so many ways to commemorate the upcoming Juneteenth holiday. Celebrating Black history in the 901 can involve donating to local organizations, participating in events, or even visiting some of our famous landmarks and sites. We\u2019ve rounded up some for you so that your only focus leading up to June 19th is honoring this city and its past, present, and future.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1780\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1780\" src=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-young-singer-performing-at-the-Juneteenth-Urban-Music-Festival-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-young-singer-performing-at-the-Juneteenth-Urban-Music-Festival-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-young-singer-performing-at-the-Juneteenth-Urban-Music-Festival-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-young-singer-performing-at-the-Juneteenth-Urban-Music-Festival-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-young-singer-performing-at-the-Juneteenth-Urban-Music-Festival-800x452.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-young-singer-performing-at-the-Juneteenth-Urban-Music-Festival.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Juneteenth Urban Music Festival Facebook page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Events\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many events happening in the month of June, all the way to Juneteenth itself. Here are a few, including some that will be great for bringing the whole family:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>TONE&#8217;s Juneteenth Weekend<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Thursday, June 15 from Sunday, June 18<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Juneteenth Family Empowerment Fair<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Thursday, June 1st, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Ed Rice Community Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/\"><b>Juneteenth the Musical Stage Play<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Saturday, June 10th at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM at the Halloran Centre<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/\"><b>Women of Soul<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Sunday, June 11th at 7:30 PM at the Halloran Centre<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Memphis Juneteenth Community Baby Shower and Empowerment Luncheon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Sunday, June 11th, from 1:00 Pm to 3:00 PM at The Kent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/901tix.com\/events\/30th-anniversary-juneteenth-freedom-luncheon-6-15-2023\"><b>30th Anniversary Juneteenth Freedom Luncheon<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Thursday, June 15th, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at Holiday Inn &#8211; University of Memphis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raceroster.com\/events\/2023\/73424\/juneteenth-freedom-walkrun\"><b>Juneteenth Freedom Walk\/Run<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Saturday, June 17th at 8:00 AM, Health Sciences Park<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneteenthfreedommemphis.com\/\"><b>Juneteenth Festival<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Saturday, June 17th, and Sunday, June 18th, from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM at Health Sciences Park<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/juneteenth-shop-black-festival-tickets-485669178587?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\"><b>Juneteenth Shop Black Festival<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Monday, June 19th, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Fourth Bluff Park<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizations<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you want to donate your time or your money, these are some local organizations that focus on community, advocacy, and the arts for this city and its citizens:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juiceorangemound.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JUICE Orange Mound<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memul.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memphis Urban League<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphisartistsforchange.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memphis Artists for Change<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naacpmemphis.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NAACP Memphis<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocacy<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bbamemphis.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Business Association of Memphis<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmbc-memphis.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlk50.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLK 50<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/memphisblackbusinessdirectory.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memphis Black Business Directory<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buy901.memphistn.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buy 901<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arts<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hattiloo.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hattiloo Theater<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collagedance.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collage Dance Collective<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/memphisslimhouse.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memphis Slim Collaboratory<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1106\" src=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26240481_10155956135128665_7300984528998914549_o-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26240481_10155956135128665_7300984528998914549_o-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26240481_10155956135128665_7300984528998914549_o-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26240481_10155956135128665_7300984528998914549_o-800x561.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26240481_10155956135128665_7300984528998914549_o.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historical Sites<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Juneteenth is a national holiday, you won\u2019t need to take time off work to enjoy one of these local landmarks. Here are some sites that honor Black history right here in Memphis:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilrightsmuseum.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slavehavenmuseum.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thewitherscollection.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Withers Collection<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/places\/tennessee-mason-temple-memphis.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mason Temple<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2021\/07\/16\/ida-b-wells-statue-memphis-lugar-bronze-foundry\/7956770002\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ida B. Wells Plaza and Statue<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tnmuseum.org\/junior-curators\/posts\/i-am-a-man-dr-king-and-the-memphis-sanitation-workers-strike?locale=en_us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I AM A MAN Plaza<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staxmuseum.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stax Museum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19447\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19447\" src=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-26-101558-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-26-101558-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-26-101558-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-26-101558-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-26-101558-800x379.png 800w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-26-101558-600x285.png 600w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-26-101558.png 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Civil Rights Museum sign<br \/>JASON BOLTON | MBJ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this city\u2019s rich history, there are so many ways to commemorate the upcoming Juneteenth holiday. Celebrating Black history in the 901 can involve donating to local organizations, participating in events, or even visiting some of our famous landmarks and sites. We\u2019ve rounded up some for you so that your only focus leading up to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129,3],"tags":[15,5442,5293,84,5496],"class_list":["post-19811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-play","tag-featured","tag-holidays","tag-juneteenth","tag-memphis-events","tag-memphis-festivals"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Commemorate Juneteenth in Memphis\u00a0 - We Are Memphis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to Commemorate Juneteenth in Memphis\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/play\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Commemorate Juneteenth in Memphis\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to Commemorate Juneteenth in Memphis\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/play\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"We Are Memphis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wearememphis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-13T17:08:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-03T08:37:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/JUNETEENTH.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"We Are Memphis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@wearememphistn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@wearememphistn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"We Are Memphis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wearememphis.com\\\/play\\\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wearememphis.com\\\/play\\\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"We Are Memphis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wearememphis.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2eb1948461870387f405f8b6181551c3\"},\"headline\":\"How to Commemorate Juneteenth in Memphis\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-13T17:08:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-03T08:37:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wearememphis.com\\\/play\\\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":415,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wearememphis.com\\\/play\\\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wearememphis.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/JUNETEENTH.png\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\",\"Holidays\",\"juneteenth\",\"Memphis events\",\"Memphis Festivals\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"Play\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wearememphis.com\\\/play\\\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wearememphis.com\\\/play\\\/how-to-commemorate-juneteenth-in-memphis\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Commemorate Juneteenth in Memphis\u00a0 - 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