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Juneteenth

Growing up in Texas, I learned about Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the emancipation of slaves in Texas. This holiday is important to many, even outside of Texas. Check out these eBooks, online resources, and virtual events to explore the holiday for yourself.

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  • Picture book about a young girl who learns about Juneteenth and her family history as slaves.
    eBookNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2015] — EBOOK J OVERDRIVE
  • All Different Now

    Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

    Johnson, Angela, 1961-
    Picture book from the point of view of a young girl on Juneteenth as the news of freedom reaches the slaves of Texas.
    eBookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014] — EBOOK J OVERDRIVE
  • Cassandra moves to her parent’s hometown in Texas and learns about the Juneteenth holiday for the first time.
    eBookNew York : Lee and Low Books, [1995] — EBOOK J OVERDRIVE
  • Novel by the literary legend Ralph Ellison (Author of "The Invisible Man") that follows the assassination of a racist white senator by a young black man in the 1950s. The complex story explores racial identity of the time and makes a keen…
    eBookNew York : Vintage Books, 2000. — EBOOK OVERDRIVE
  • The first African slave in Texas arrived in 1528 with a shipwrecked party of Spanish Conquistadors, but it took until the 19th of June in 1865 to bring slavery's end to Texas. (And it took all of 1865 to end all slavery in the United…
    Web resource