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Getting to know Juneteenth

The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth - NMAAHC
National Museum of African American History and Culture blog post about Juneteenth and its historical legacy
"When Peace Come": Teaching the Significance of Juneteenth
Written by Shennette Garrett-Scott, Rebecca Cummings Richardson and Venita Dillard-Allen, this article in Black History Bulletin provides historical background while encouraging educators to mindfully incorporate Junteenth into their curriculum. Includes lesson plans.
Emancipation Day Traditions in the Anglo-Atlantic World
From the Routledge History of Slavery, this chapter by Edward B. Rugemer outlines emancipation celebrations, placing Juneteenth in a larger context.
Emancipation is a Park
Carroll Parrott Blue recounts her personal connection to Emancipation Park in Houston Texas, purchased and founded by four former slaves as a place to celebrate Juneteenth.
Juneteenth - Handbook of African American Literature
From the database Black Studies Center, this reference entry from the Handbook of African American Literature provides a short description of Juneteenth and its use in African American Literary works.

African-American Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations by Kathlyn Gay; Jessie Carney Smith (Introduction by); Jean C. Church (Foreword by)
Call Number: GT4803.A2 G39 2007

ISBN: 0780807790

Publication Date: 2006-12-05

The history, customs, and symbols associated with both traditional and contemporary religious and secular events observed by americans of african descent.
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present by Paul Finkelman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195167795

Publication Date: 2009-02-02

Includes entries on Juneteeth and on General Gordon Granger, the Union officer who brought news of Emancipation to Texas

Juneteenth for kids - AU's Curriculum Material's Center Resources

Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: Curriculum Materials Center, Larissa Gerstel Critical Literacy Collection, Third Floor - PZ7 .C78485 Ju 2015

ISBN: 1479558192

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

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.
All Different Now by Angela Johnson; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: Curriculum Materials Center, Larissa Gerstel Critical Literacy Collection, Third Floor PZ7 .J629 All 2014

ISBN: 9780689873768

Publication Date: 2014-05-06

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.
Celebremos Juneteenth! by Carole Boston Weatherford; Yvonne Buchanan (Illustrator); Eida de La Vega (Translator)
Call Number: Curriculum Materials Center, Larissa Gerstel Critical Literacy Collection PS3573 .E135 C45 2007

ISBN: 9781600602474

Publication Date: 2007-08-01

Cassandra and her family have moved to her parents' hometown in Texas, but it does not feel like home to Cassandra until she experiences Juneteenth, a Texas tradition celebrating the end of slavery.
Free at Last by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle; Alex Bostic (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781454943747

Publication Date: 2022-05-24

This lyrical celebration of Juneteenth, deeply rooted in Black American history, spans centuries and reverberates loudly and proudly today.