EAST LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - Michigan State University is kicking off a week of Juneteenth celebrations on Monday. Juneteenth, observed annually on June 19, commemorates the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. The week’s events begin with a Juneteenth Symposium from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the university’s Main Library.