These three colors appear on the Juneteenth flag as a second declaration of independence: Black Americans—from former slaves to their living descendants—were and are free Americans too.

not everyone became free that day. Black Americans remained enslaved for 82 years after July 4, 1776. There is a long history of Juneteenth, including the Juneteenth flag, but to sum things up ...

Juneteenth goes all the way back to June 19 ... a peek at some of the ideas I've rounded up below. The Pan-African flag is often used as a symbol of unity among the Black community in the U.S ...