Juneteenth: Freedom Day
Written by: Muriel Miller Branch
Photographs by: William Branch
"Branch explores a holiday that has only recently begun to work itself into children's books: Juneteenth (short for June nineteenth), the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas received word of their emancipation. In the first chapter, Branch expresses her own excitement at experiencing the holiday, following with background (including some insight into why the news of freedom reached Texas slaves more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was actually declared), a look at how the holiday is being celebrated today, and some suggestions on how to start one's own celebrations."
Booklist Review
Online Resources:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/juneteenth/web_resources.shtml
http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm
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