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History and Meaning Explained

Frank Smith, director of the African American Civil War Museum, explains the origin of Juneteenth and its journey to becoming a national holiday. (Josh Morgan, USA TODAY, June 1, 2022)

Books & Ebooks

Juneteenth by Edward T. Cotham; Edward T. Cotham
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781649670007
Publication Date: 2021
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by); The New The New York Times Magazine (Created by); Caitlin Roper (Editor); Ilena Silverman (Editor); Jake Silverstein (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780593501719
Publication Date: 2022
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780812993547
Publication Date: 2015
Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781619630550
Publication Date: 2017
Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi (Editor); Keisha N. Blain (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780593134054
Publication Date: 2021
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: E184.A1 K344 2019 Boca
ISBN: 9780525509288
Publication Date: 2019
I Am Black Wall Street by Doni Glover
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781737313816
Publication Date: 2022
Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison; John F. Callahan (Editor)
Call Number: PS3555.L625 J86 1999 Boca & Jupiter
ISBN: 9780394464572
Publication Date: 1999
Juneteenth Texas by Francis Edward Abernethy (Editor); Alan Govenar (Editor); Patrick B. Mullen (Editor)
Call Number: GR1 .T4 no. 54 Boca
ISBN: 9781574410181
Publication Date: 1996
A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781984801210
Publication Date: 2021
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780316453691
Publication Date: 2020
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Call Number: E185.6 .W685 2010 Boca & Jupiter
ISBN: 9780679444329
Publication Date: 2010

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Southern Life, Slavery, and the Civil War (History Vault) This link opens in a new window
This module provides important primary source material on the business aspect of the slave trade, with documents showing international and domestic traffic in slaves in Britain’s New World colonies and the United States. Also, this module includes a series of letters received by the Attorney General on law and order in nineteenth century America. These letters cover the slave trade, general slavery matters including runaway slaves and rights of slaves, and other legal issues.
NAACP Papers (History Vault) This link opens in a new window
The NAACP Papers collection consists of 6 modules containing internal memos, legal briefings, and direct action summaries from national, legal, and branch offices throughout the country. These documents chart the NAACP's work, with a timeline that runs from 1909 to 1972; this covers the realities of segregation in the early 20th century to the triumphs of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and beyond.

Resources on the Web

Resources on the Web

The Danger of a Single Story

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

Taste of Freedom: Juneteenth Celebration Cookbook by Elizabeth Jean Brumfield
Call Number: Open Access ebook
Publication Date: 2018
Contributors to this book include the staff of the Prairie View A&M University, John B. Coleman
Library. All rights reserved. Proper attribution required. U.S. Copyright Laws do not protect
individual recipes, however, literary expression and the collection and arrangement of recipes
of a cookbook are protected.
This book is published under Creative Commons and permits copying and downloading for educational purposes only. No parts of this book can be copied or reproduced for commercial
purposes.

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