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Juneteenth resources from Multcolib My Librarian Alicia T.

Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the U.S. Civil War had ended, marking the end of slavery for African Americans in this country. Since then, June 19th or "Juneteenth" has been observed as a holiday, celebrating the end of slavery in America, and its meaning to the culturally resiliency of African Americans over the years.

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24 items

  • Watermelon & Red Birds

    a Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations

    Taylor, Nicole A.,
    Also available as an ebook through Libby.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2022. — 641.59296 T2448w 2022
  • Also available as an ebook and as a downloadable audiobook through Libby.
    BookNew York, NY ; London : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021] — 394.263 G6646o 2021
  • Four Hundred Souls

    a Community History of African America, 1619-2019

    Also available as an ebook and as a downloadable audiobook through Libby.
    BookNew York : One World, [2021] — 973.0496 F7734 2021
  • Unsung

    Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition

    Also available as an ebook and as a downloadable audiobook through Libby.
    Book[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — 326.80922 U59u 2021
  • Wake

    the Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts

    Hall, Rebecca, 1963-
    Also available as an ebook through Libby.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — GN HALL 2021
  • How the Word Is Passed

    a Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America

    Smith, Clint, 1988-
    Also available as a downloadable audiobook through Libby.
    BookNew York ; Boston ; London : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — 306.36209 S6447h 2021
  • Also available in Blu-ray.
    DVDUniversal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment : Universal Studios, [2020] — DVD Drama HARRIET
  • Also available as an ebook through Libby.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2018. — BIO 973.8 DOUGLASS 2018
  • The Life of Frederick Douglass

    a Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey From Bondage to Freedom

    Walker, David, 1968-
    Also available as an ebook through Libby.
    Graphic NovelCalifornia : Ten Speed Press, [2018] — GN 973.8092 WALKER 2018
  • The Slave's Cause

    a History of Abolition

    Sinha, Manisha,
    Also available as an ebook through Libby.
    BookNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2016] — 973.7114 S61784s 2016
  • The Brightest Day

    a Juneteenth Historical Romance Anthology

    Book[North Charleston, SC] : [CreateSpace], ©2015. — FICTION BRIGHTEST 2015
  • The Long Emancipation

    the Demise of Slavery in the United States

    Berlin, Ira, 1941-2018,
    BookCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015. — 326.80973 B5153L 2015
  • Envisioning Emancipation

    Black Americans and the End of Slavery

    Willis, Deborah, 1948-
    BookPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, [2013] — 973.714 W7343e 2013
  • Freedom National

    the Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865

    Oakes, James
    Also available as an ebook and as a downloadable audiobook through Libby.
    BookNew York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2013. — 973.714 O116f 2013
  • Remembering Slavery

    African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation

    Also available as an ebook through Libby.
    BookNew York : New Press ; New York : W.W. Norton [distributor], 2007. — 306.3620922 R386 2007
  • A Slave No More

    Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom : Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

    Blight, David W.
    Also available as an ebook through Libby.
    BookOrlando : Harcourt, [2007] — 973.7115 B648s 2007
  • Bound for the Promised Land

    Harriet Tubman, Portrait of An American Hero

    Larson, Kate Clifford
    Also available as an ebook and as a downloadable audiobook through Libby.
    BookNew York : Ballantine, ©2004. — BIO 973.7115 TUBMAN 2004