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“Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.” —Juneteenth.com
Learn more about Juneteenth with these titles for children and adults.
Nonfiction
“Juneteenth” by R.J. Bailey
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“Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty” by Tonya Bolden
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“General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind ‘Juneteenth'” by Robert Conner
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“Juneteenth for Mazie” by Floyd Cooper
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“Black History Activators” by Beverly Davis
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“Let’s Celebrate Emancipation Day & Juneteenth” by Barbara deRubertis
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“Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction” by Eric Foner
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“Juneteenth” by Rachel Grack
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“All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom” by Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis
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“Juneteenth” by Vaunda Michaeux Nelson
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“Juneteenth” by Angela Leeper and Joanna Ponto
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“The Story Behind Juneteenth” by Jack Reader
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“Juneteenth Jamboree” by Carole Boston Weatherford and Yvonne Buchanan
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Nonfiction
“The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation” by David Brion Davis
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“Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation” by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven Miller
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“A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation” by David W. Blight
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“The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America” by Edward L. Ayers
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Fiction
“Juneteenth: A Novel” by Ralph Ellison
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Poetry
“Juneteenth” in Femspec, Volume 1 Issue 1
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