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Why the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) Can Enforce the Removal of Juneteenth Events


As Juneteenth becomes more visible across America, so do the misuses of its meaning. Events claiming to “celebrate Juneteenth” are popping up across platforms like Eventbrite—but many of these events are not about emancipation or American Freedmen. They are rebranded to promote Pan-Africanism, BIPOC unity, or global Black identity narratives that erase the actual history and legal standing of Juneteenth.


The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) is stepping in to stop this.

🔒 What Gives the FRFT Authority?


The FRFT is a private legal trust established for the protection and advancement of Verified Freedmen—those whose ancestry traces to persons emancipated from U.S. chattel slavery. Under trust law, the FRFT has issued:


  • The Declaration That Reclaims Juneteenth

  • The Declaration of Cultural Event Certification Authority

  • The Declaration of Status-Based Eligibility for Freedmen



These declarations serve as legal instruments that define, protect, and enforce how Juneteenth can be used or presented in public and private domains.

🚫 What Events Are in Violation?


Juneteenth events that:


  • Use Pan-African colors (Red, Black, Green)

  • Center African or Caribbean liberation narratives

  • Promote “BIPOC” or “Black & Brown” unity

  • Include non-Freedmen cultural themes

    …are in direct conflict with Juneteenth’s purpose and violate the declared protections now in place through the FRFT.



Juneteenth is not about global Blackness.

It is about the last enforcement of U.S. emancipation law—for the benefit of those who were once legally enslaved on U.S. soil.

✅ What the FRFT Can Legally Enforce


The Trust can:


  1. Issue Cease & Desist Letters

    To event organizers and platforms hosting non-compliant Juneteenth events.


  2. Demand Removal of Events

    Using Eventbrite’s own terms of service, the Trust can challenge events that misrepresent a protected cultural holiday.


  3. Certify Events for Approval

    If organizations want to host a Juneteenth celebration, they must align with Freedmen cultural and legal history and may apply for Cultural Event Certification through the Trust.


  4. Alert Sponsors, Partners & City Officials

    The Trust has the authority to inform funders and public agencies that a Juneteenth event is in violation of protected cultural representations.


  5. Pursue Legal Remedies

    If defiance continues, the Trust can escalate to public exposure, legal action, or coordinated complaints based on unfair cultural use and misclassification.

📜 Why It Matters


Allowing Juneteenth to be turned into an “everyone’s freedom day” holiday erases the historical and legal specificity of Freedmen. The FRFT has stepped forward not just to celebrate—but to protect, define, and enforce this day as the legal commemoration of our ancestors’ freedom.


Juneteenth belongs to the people who lived through bondage on American soil and their status-based heirs—not to pan-Black narratives that dilute its truth.

🔗 Want to See the Legal Declarations?


📝 Request Certification or Report a Violation: www.FreedmenNation.org/complaints

The FRFT isn’t asking for permission.

We are declaring enforcement.

And we’re just getting started.

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