Juneteenth | Cook Memorial Library

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"Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens celebrates Black history and culture in her unflinching, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated picture book debut. As an acclaimed musician, singer, songwriter, and cofounder of the traditional African American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens has long used her art to mine America's musical past and manifest its future, passionately recovering lost voices and reconstructing a nation's...

2) Free at last: a Juneteenth poem

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Rolle, Sojourner Kincaid

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"Free verse by poet and activist Sojourner Kincaid Rolle traces the solemnity and celebration of Juneteenth from its 1865 origins in Galveston, Texas, to contemporary observances all over the United States. This is an ode to the strength of Black Americans and a call to remember and honor a holiday whose importance reverberates far beyond the borders of Texas"--

3) Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom

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Wyeth, Sharon Dennis

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Step Into Reading Level 3

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Some call it Freedom Day; some call it Emancipation Day; some call it Juneteenth. Learn more about this important holiday that celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States in this Step 3 History Reader.
On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered. Order Number 3 was read, proclaiming that they were no longer enslaved—they were free. People...

4) Opal Lee and what it means to be free: the true story of the grandmother of Juneteenth

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Duncan, Alice Faye

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"The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone will inspire children to be brave and make a difference. Growing up in Texas, Opal knew the history of Juneteenth, but she soon discovered that most Americans had never heard of the holiday that represents the nation's creed of "freedom for all.""-- "The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone celebrates...

5) Watermelon & red birds: a cookbook for Juneteenth and black celebrations

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Taylor, Nicole A

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"The very first cookbook to celebrate Juneteenth, from food writer and cookbook author Nicole A. Taylor--who draws on her decade of experiences observing the holiday"--Amazon. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, General Order No. 3 informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. In 1866, Juneteenth celebrations were celebrated with music, dance, and BBQs. Taylor bridges the...

6) Hidden Black history: from Juneteenth to redlining

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Green, Amanda Jackson

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Fight for Black rights

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"From Juneteenth to the Tulsa Race Massacre, many important moments in Black American history have not been taught in schools or covered in the media. Discover these events and how they are remembered in the Black community today." -- Provided by publisher.

7) How the word is passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America

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Smith, Clint

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'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves.

8) Juneteenth

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Dolbear, Emily J

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"Learn the basics about Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, and how the holiday celebrates the emancipation of slaves in the United States." -- Provided by publisher.

9) Miss Juneteenth

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A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.

10) On Juneteenth

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Gordon-Reed, Annette

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"'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...

11) Miss Juneteenth

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A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **SXSW Film Festival**.

12) Juneteenth

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Koestler-Grack, Rachel A

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

13) Juneteenth for Mazie

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Cooper, Floyd

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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.

14) All different now: Juneteenth, the first day of freedom

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Johnson, Angela

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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.

15) Juneteenth

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Garrett, Van G

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An African American family attends a modern-day Juneteenth parade in Galveston, Texas (the birthplace of the holiday). Text includes lines from "Lift Every Voice and Sing."