Juneteenth

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Tomorrow is Juneteenth, a Federal and State holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. On June 19, 1865, Union Army general Gordon Granger announced the General Order proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas.
The County Library will be celebrating this event today at the Viridian Center. See this link for more information: https://www.slcolibrary.org/events/fe...

Here is a selective reading list on this event and African American history:

For Kids
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson
Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
The Juneteenth Story by Alliah L. Agostini
What is Juneteenth? by Kirsti Jewel
Hidden Black History: From Juneteenth to Redlining by Amanda Jackson Green
Opal Lee and What it Means to Be Free: The True Story of the
Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan

For Adults
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
Watermelon & Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black
Celebrations by Nicole A. Taylor