Juneteenth commemorates the day (June 19, 1865) when Union General Gordon Grainger announced General Order No.3 proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas. Celebrations of the date happened at the time, but eventually took a back seat to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. With the advent of Black Lives Matter, new emphasis has been placed on the holiday … and we’ll be celebrating this week as well.

We'll share music from Reggie Harris, Eric Bibb, Robert Finley, Our Native Daughters, Sweet Honey in the Rock and many more. It’s Juneteenth ...

this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-24: Juneteenth

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways

Michael J. Miles / “Mississippi Overture” / Mississippi River Suite / Right Turn on Red

Eric Bibb / “Drinkin' Gourd” / Jericho Road / Stony Plain

Champion Jack Dupree / “I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs Smithsonian-Folkways

The Clara Ward Singers / “Twelve Gates to the City” / Meetin' Tonight / Vanguard

Robert Finley / “Sharecropper's Son” / Sharecropper's Son / Easy Eye Sound

Lurie Bell & the Bell Dynasty / “What My Momma Told Me” / Tribute to Carey Bell / Delnark

Leyla McCalla / “As I Grow Older-Dreamer” / Vari-Colored Songs / Smithsonian-Folkways

Allison Russell / “Hy-Brasil” / Outside Child” / Fantasy

Reggie Harris / “Standing in Freedom's Name” / On Solid Ground / Self Produced

Michael J. Miles / “Mississippi Rising” / Mississippi River Suite / Right Turn on Red

Our Native Daughters / “Moon Meets the Sun” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian-Folkways

Rhiannon Giddens / “I Shall Not Be Moved” / They're Calling Me Home / Nonesuch

Sweet Honey in the Rock / “Oh, Sankofa” / #Love in Evolution / Appleseed

Eric Bibb / “This Land is Your Land” / Migration Blues / Stony Plain

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways