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Celebrate Juneteenth with these Children's Picks
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Juneteenth for Mazie
by Floyd Cooper
In remembrance of the celebration commemorating her ancestors' freedom from slavery, Mazie prepares to observe Juneteenth, in a beautifully illustrated story by an award-winning author/illustrator.
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All Different Now : Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
by Angela Johnson
A sumptuously illustrated tribute to the first observance of African American Emancipation Day is told through the eyes of a joyful little girl. By the three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The First Part Last and the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Coming on Home Soon.
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Juneteenth Jamboree
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Joining her parents in a community celebration of Juneteenth, Cassie learns about the day when slaves in Texas were freed some two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and wonders why the news took so long to reach them.
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Juneteenth
by Lisa A. Crayton
Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Across the country, people observe the day with speeches, poetry readings, festivals, picnics, street fairs, and family reunions. It is a day for people to come together and continue working toward equality. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways.
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What Is Juneteenth?
by Kirsti Jewel
On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union soldier and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forced labor with no pay was now illegal in all of the United States. This news was cause for celebration, so the group of people jumped in excitement, danced, and wept tears of joy. They did not know it at the time, but their joyous celebration of freedom would become a holiday--Juneteenth--that is observed each year by more and more Americans.
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Hidden Black History : From Juneteenth to Redlining
by Amanda Jackson Green
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.
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Freedom Over Me
by Ashley Bryan
Drawing on original slave auction and plantation estate documents and inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the fiscal worth of all his "workers," a poignant tale that contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences combines evocative imagery with poetic text that illuminates the human lives and dreams behind them.
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