Common Read 2023: How the Word is Passed

Galveston Historical Foundation (GHF) was formed as the Galveston Historical Society in 1871 and merged with a new organization formed in 1954 as a non-profit entity devoted to historic preservation and history in Galveston County.

The Galveston and Texas History Center is home to many resources documenting African-American life in Galveston, from slavery, Juneteenth, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights movement, to the present day. Included in our collection are slave deeds documenting the sales of enslaved Black men and women, papers and photographs of modern-day celebrations of Juneteenth, which marks the day when newly emancipated African Americans in Galveston learned of their freedom, and books and photographs of figures such as businessman Norris Wright Cuney and famous boxer Jack Johnson.

Article from the Smithsonian.

Collection of resources put together by Don Simmons Jr. from Westchester Community College.

The Juneteenth Legacy Project (J19LP) is a Galveston-based nonprofit
organization. Sam Collins is its president, and Steven Creitz and Sheridan Lorenz are vice presidents. The Galveston-based Nia Cultural Center is the Juneteenth Legacy Project’s fiscal sponsor, accepting tax-deductible donations on behalf of the organization.