The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native. Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of...
Juneteenth
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Author:Gordon-Reed, AnnetteSummary: - Juneteenth : The history and legacy of the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the southAuthor:Editors, Charles RiverSummary:
Inevitably, for many across the South, the news of the Emancipation Proclamation arrived slowly, and in other locales, the new was withheld entirely, sometimes by years. Slaveowners were not simply going to give up slaves, and in the...
- Author:Peters, KatieSummary:
Juneteenth is about being free. Young learners will explore this cultural and historic holiday through engaging text and photos.
