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Kenya Hunter

  • Information and Outreach Associate, Gwinnett County Government
Atlanta
As seen in: Medium, MSN, MSN Australia, MSN Canada, MSN UK, Yahoo Life, Estadão, Love Lives, MSN Chile, MSN España and
Phyllis’ daughter. Writer and Birthworker. My podcast, Finally I can Talk, is on Apple and Spotify. requests: kenyathehunter@gmail.com
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Meet the Man Who Created the Juneteenth Flag

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By Kenya Hunter
| The Lens Verified
This story was part of a special Juneteenth project originally published in 2022 by Capital B News in partnership with Vox. As the Juneteenth holiday approaches, you’ll start to see various symbols of Blackness across the country. Front lawns, apartment balconies, and clothing with the pan-African flag, “Black Power” fist, and other celebratory symbols will be everywhere. But did you know there’s a specific flag for Juneteenth? In fact, it has a backstory that goes back to the late 1990s.
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The Juneteenth flag, explained

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By Kenya Hunter
| Yahoo Verified
Kenya Hunter, Capital B Fri, June 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC 6 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor's note, June 19, 2026, 6 am ET: This story is being republished for Juneteenth. It was originally published in 2022. Part of the Juneteenth issueof The Highlight, produced in partnership with Capital B. As the Juneteenth holiday approaches, you'll start to see various symbols of Blackness across the country.
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Meet the Man Who Created the Juneteenth Flag

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By Kenya Hunter
| Yahoo Verified
The Juneteenth flag was created in 1997 by community organizer Ben Haith, featuring red, white, and blue colors to symbolize Black Americans' citizenship in the United States. The star in the middle of the Juneteenth flag represents Texas as the Lone Star state and the freedom of enslaved citizens, while the outline around the star symbolizes a new beginning for Black Americans.
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