On June 19, 1865 — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation — General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas with Union troops and read General Order No. 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” The news had been held back for two and a half years because Texas was the most remote Confederate state. When it finally arrived, people danced. Out in the road. In the fields. At the church. The first Juneteenth was a celebration nobody got permission to throw.
This piece is for the ones who keep the dance going. The grandmothers who taught it. The cousins who learned it at the cookout. The Black bodies that have always known how to move toward freedom even when nobody was sure it had arrived. The three silhouettes on the artwork are dancing because that's what their great-great-grandparents did when they heard the news.
For the cookout on June 19. The freedom celebration. The block party when somebody finally puts on the right song. Pair with red, black, green, and the kind of joy that has receipts.
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US
Size guide
| LENGTH (inches) | WIDTH (inches) | CHEST (inches) | |
| S | 28 | 18 | 34-37 |
| M | 29 | 20 | 38-41 |
| L | 30 | 22 | 42-45 |
| XL | 31 | 24 | 46-49 |
| 2XL | 32 | 26 | 50-53 |
| LENGTH (cm) | WIDTH (cm) | CHEST (cm) | |
| S | 71.1 | 45.7 | 86.4-94 |
| M | 73.7 | 50.8 | 96.5-104.1 |
| L | 76.2 | 55.9 | 106.7-114.3 |
| XL | 78.7 | 61 | 116.8-124.5 |
| 2XL | 81.3 | 66 | 127-134.6 |