Celebrating Juneteenth

June 16, 2021 | jonesw

Juneteenth marks the day that the last slaves were officially emancipated in the United States. Beginning as a smaller holiday throughout Texas, Juneteenth is now celebrated throughout the country on June 19th. The following nonfiction and fiction titles share stories of emancipation and celebration!

Children's Books

Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper
Let's celebrate Emancipation Day & Juneteenth by Barbara DeRubertis
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation by Patrice Sherman
Juneteenth by 1973- Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War by Thomas B Allen

Adult Books

Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 by James Oakes
African-American holidays, festivals,and celebrations : the history, customs, and symbols associated with both traditional and contemporary religious and secular events observed by Americans of African descent by Kathlyn Gay
Forever free : the story of emancipation and Reconstruction by 1943- Eric Foner
Troubled refuge : struggling for freedom in the Civil War by Chandra Manning
Frederick Douglass : prophet of freedom by David W Blight
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed