Juneteenth
On June 19th, 1865, the last of the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were told by Union soldiers that they were free, two years following the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. Learn more about and celebrate Juneteenth with these books from your library.


37 items
Stony the Road
Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
The Warmth of Other Suns
the Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Conjure Women
a Novel
Rooted
the American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
Braided Heritage
Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine
Four Hundred Souls
a Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Beloved
a Novel
Black Women Will Save the World
An Anthem
The Purpose of Power
How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
All That She Carried
the Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Libertie
a Novel
Black Smoke
African Americans and the United States of Barbecue
Stamped
Racism, Antiracism, and You
Juneteenth
a Novel
The Senator and the Sharecropper
the Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer
Bird Uncaged
An Abolitionist's Freedom Song
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