Cartoon Network Celebrates Juneteenth With Drawn To Programming

Cartoon Network is celebrating Juneteenth this year with their Drawn To initiative programming all-day-long. The series began this week and will continue throughout the month. For the first entry, the network focused on Ms. Opal Lee, the oldest living member of the organization dedicated to providing information about the historic roots of Juneteenth. Her story will provide a bedrock for understanding how the holiday came to be. Cartoon Network will also be featuring spots about Saniya, the first Miss Juneteenth winner, and Julian, a young defendant of Major General Gordon Granger, the man who read the emancipation proclamation in Galveston, Texas. The network has also commissioned some social media art to celebrate the occasion.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 as the end of slavery, 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Today @CartoonNetwork celebrates and commits to the promise and continual pursuit of true freedom for ALL 🎆🎉✨💫 Happy #Juneteenth! #FreedomDay pic.twitter.com/rzCjr6F4E9