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[As slaves were freed after the Emancipation Proclamation, the United States government established âFreedmenâs Villagesâ to house, clothe, and educate freed slaves (c. 1863-1865).]
As slaves were freed after the Emancipation Proclamation, the United States government established âFreedmenâs Villagesâ to house, clothe, and educate freed slaves (c. 1863-1865). Corbis, via Getty Images
Monday is the 152nd anniversary of Juneteenth, the day slavery in the United States effectively ended.
More than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, an Army ship arrived on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Tex. with this news: The Civil War had ended and the South had surrendered two months earlier.
Texas was the last state to learn of the outcome. A Union general announced that âall slaves are free.â Those former slaves, numbering 250,000 in Texas, began celebrating the day. Â
To help you commemorate the holiday, we worked with Will Shortz, the crossword editor of The Times, to create [a word search puzzle]( that recognizes a small slice of the African-American experience.
To play along, youâll need to answer the clues to get the last names of 22 famous African Americans. Then find and circle them in the grid. The names may read horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction.
Hereâs a sampling of clues:
-- With a racket, she crossed a color line.
-- Harlem Renaissance poet, via Joplin, Mo.Â
-- âThis is CNN,â he intones.Â
When you're done, 10 letters will be left over. Reading line by line, from left to right and top to bottom, these will spell a quotation by Muhammad Ali.
You can find a printable version [here](. Weâll reveal the answers next week.
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[Rows of new townhomes are sprouting next to older homes near the renovated Emancipation Park in the predominantly black Third Ward neighborhood.](
Rows of new townhomes are sprouting next to older homes near the renovated Emancipation Park in the predominantly black Third Ward neighborhood. Michael Stravato for The New York Times
[An Original Juneteenth Celebration Site Is Reborn](
By MICHAEL HARDY
Emancipation Park in Houston reopened on Saturday after a $34 million renovation. But amid the celebrations thereâs a new worry: gentrification.
[L. Kasimu Harrisâs parents ran a booth selling crispy catfish, grilled chicken and smoked sausage on pistolet at a Juneteenth festival in New Orleans.](
L. Kasimu Harrisâs parents ran a booth selling crispy catfish, grilled chicken and smoked sausage on pistolet at a Juneteenth festival in New Orleans. Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times
[The Rich Food Tradition of Juneteenth](
By NICOLE TAYLOR
The holiday, which celebrates the abolition of slavery in the United States, is an occasion to gather and eat.
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A Minnesota police officer was acquitted in the shooting of Philando Castile, and some families saw a pattern. Few officers are charged, and fewer still convicted.
[A Campus Argument Goes Viral. Now the College Is Under Siege.](
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
After a professor objected to a racial-awareness event, the protests against him were widely shared online, prompting threats against him and the college.
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[âWe Are Not Unusual Anymoreâ: 50 Years of Mixed-Race Marriage in U.S.](
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Ms. Smith, 45, says she hopes to be a poetry evangelist of sorts, going to parts of the United States âwhere literary festivals donât always go.â
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