What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth (June 19) is a United States federal holiday that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved black Americans. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas. He informed the enslaved African Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as Juneteenth — a combination of June and 19 — for over 150 years.
- What is Juneteenth?In this three-part series the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) interviewed three experts at the NMAAHC to find the answer: Mary Elliot, Curator of American slavery, and emancipation; Angela Tate, Museum Curator of African American women's history; and Kelly E. Navies, Museum Specialist of Oral history.
Lift Every Voice & Sing
In 1919, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) dubbed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" the "Negro national anthem."
Non-Fiction
Raising Freedom's Child by Call Number: available as an ebookISBN: 0814764428Publication Date: 2008-04-01
The Long Emancipation by Call Number: available as an ebookISBN: 0674088999Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Four Hundred Souls: a community history of African America, 1619-2019 by Call Number: E185 .F625 2021ISBN: 9780593134047Publication Date: 2021-02-02
Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the end of slavery by Call Number: E185.2 .W68 2013ISBN: 9781439909850Publication Date: 2012-12-05
The Warmth of Other Suns by Call Number: E185.6 .W685 2010ISBN: 9780679444329Publication Date: 2010-09-07
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow by Call Number: E185.61.G253 2019ISBN: 9780525559535Publication Date: 2019-04-02
We Were Eight Years in Power by Call Number: E185.615 .C6336 2017ISBN: 9780399590566Publication Date: 2017-10-03
The Slave's Cause by Call Number: E441 .S536 2016 (also available as an ebook)ISBN: 9780300181371Publication Date: 2016-02-23
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas by Call Number: E449.D73 1995ISBN: 9780486284996Publication Date: 1995-04-13
Fiction
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Call Number: PS3551 .N464 Z466 1970ISBN: 9780345514400Publication Date: 2009-04-21
