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• On Juneteenth

  Gordon-Reed, Annette,

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Warmth of Other Suns

  the Epic Story of America's Great Migration

  Wilkerson, Isabel

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• The Brightest Day

  a Juneteenth Historical Romance Anthology

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  The Brightest Day: A Juneteenth Historical Romance Anthology, with a foreword by the inimitable Beverly Jenkins, brings you four novellas highlighting love, light, and hope set over a period of history that's often left in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Souls of Black Folk

  Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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• Celebrating Juneteenth | Library of Congress Blog

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  On June 19, 1865, Major Gen. Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas with the news that slavery was abolished, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Texas became the first state to proclaim Juneteenth an official…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What is Juneteenth?

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  Juneteenth commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States, but "...in reality, the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t instantly free any enslaved people. The proclamation only applied to places under Confederate control and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juneteenth.com.

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  "Since its launch in 1997, the JUNETEENTH.com website has played an integral role in the dissemination of information, and in the resurgence and proliferation of celebrations across the U.S. and beyond. Today, millions celebrate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Library of Congress | African American History Timeline 1850-1925

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  A timeline chronicling major events and notable people effecting African American History from the years 1852 through 1925.

• Say it Plain, Say it Loud: A Century of Great African American Speeches

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  Public speech making has played a powerful role in the long struggle by African Americans for equal rights. This collection, for the ear and the eye, highlights speeches by an eclectic mix of black leaders. Their impassioned, eloquent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Up From Slavery

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  Up From Slavery is a powerful, compelling and haunting 7-part documentary series that examines the history of slavery in America, from the arrival of the first African slaves through Nat Turner's Rebellion to the Civil War and beyond.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Up From Slavery

  An Autobiography

  Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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  The Black educator documents his struggle for freedom and self-respect and his fight to establish industrial training programs For half a century from its publication in 1902 Up from Slavery was the best-known book written by an African…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Freedom on the Move

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  Freedom on the Move is a database of fugitives from North American slavery. With the advent of newspapers in the American colonies, enslavers posted “runaway ads” to try to locate fugitives. Additionally, jailers posted ads describing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juneteenth

  a Novel

  Ellison, Ralph,

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  Adult Fiction. The story of a black man who passes for white and becomes a race-baiting U.S. senator. When he is shot on the Senate floor, the first visitor in hospital is a black musician-turned-preacher who raised him. As the two men…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forever Free

  the Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction

  Foner, Eric

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• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

  Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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• Freedom National

  the Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865

  Oakes, James

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• Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

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  RALPH ELLISON: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY is the first documentary on one of the most gifted and intellectually provocative authors of modern American literature. It establishes Ellison as a central figure in contemporary debates over art,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juneteenth

  Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

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  June 19th, 1865, began as another hot day in Texas. African American slaves worked in fields, in barns, and in the homes of the white people who owned them. Then a message arrived. Freedom! Slavery had ended! The Civil War had actually…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juneteenth

  Winn, Kevin P.,

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  San Mateo Main Children's Nonfiction. The Racial Justice in America: Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Juneteenth explores the history…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juneteenth

  Koestler-Grack, Rachel A., 1973-

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  San Mateo Main Children’s New Books Call number J 394.26 KOE Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Juneteenth. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade. Also available as an ebook.