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Juneteenth

A Day to Celebrate Freedom From Slavery

by Leeper, Angela

Book - 2004

Explores the origins of Juneteenth, early celebrations, and how the holiday is celebrated today. Explores the origins of Juneteenth, early celebrations, and how the holiday is celebrated today. Show less

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Juneteenth

by Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

Book - 2006

Learn about how freedom came to the slaves in June 1865. Learn about how freedom came to the slaves in June 1865. Show less

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Juneteenth

by Murray, Julie

Book - 2012

Introduces the origins and significance of Juneteenth--June 19, the day when African Americans recall their heritage and their forebears' emancipation from slavery--and describes how the holiday is celebrated. Introduces the origins and significance of Juneteenth--June 19, the day when African Americans recall their heritage and their forebears' emancipation from slavery--and describes how the holiday is celebrated. Show less

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Juneteenth for Mazie

by Cooper, Floyd

Picture Book - 2015

Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom. Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom. Show less

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All Different Now

Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

by Johnson, Angela

Picture Book - 2014?

In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth. In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth. Show less

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Juneteenth

by Koestler-Grack, Rachel A.

Easy Reader - 2019

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Juneteenth. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"-- "Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Juneteenth. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"-- Show less

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Come Juneteenth

by Rinaldi, Ann

eBook - 2007

Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made them free. Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made them free. Show less

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On Juneteenth

by Gordon-Reed, Annette

Book - 2021

""It is staggering that there is no date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States." -Annette Gordon-Reed. The essential, sweep...Show more ""It is staggering that there is no date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States." -Annette Gordon-Reed. The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native. Interweaving American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed, the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas in the 1850s, recounts the origins of Juneteenth and explores the legacies of the holiday that remain with us. From the earliest presence of black people in Texas-in the 1500s, well before enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown-to the day in Galveston on June 19, 1865, when General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery, Gordon-Reed's insightful and inspiring essays present the saga of a "frontier" peopled by Native Americans, Anglos, Tejanos, and Blacks that became a slaveholder's republic. Reworking the "Alamo" framework, Gordon-Reed shows that the slave-and race-based economy not only defined this fractious era of Texas independence, but precipitated the Mexican-American War and the resulting Civil War. A commemoration of Juneteenth and the fraught legacies of slavery that still persist, On Juneteenth is stark reminder that the fight for equality is ongoing"--Provided by publisher Show less

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Juneteenth

A Novel

by Ellison, Ralph

Book - 1999

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