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In celebration of Juneteenth, Dix Park Conservancy compiled a list of books for all ages to celebrate the day the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned of their freedom in 1865. These books explore Juneteenth, social justice, and nature.
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Hair Love
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Invisible Man
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The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature
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Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage
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Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
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Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
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The Fire Next Time
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Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape
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Between the World and Me
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All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
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One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
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The Undefeated
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Sulwe
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Juneteenth for Mazie
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Sing a Song: How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations
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Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 361 ratings
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15 books ·
3 voters ·
list created June 18th, 2020
by Dorothea Dix (votes) .
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