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Books to Celebrate Juneteenth

She came to slay : the life and times of Harriet Tubman by Dunbar, Erica Armstrong.
Juneteenth : a novel by Ellison, Ralph.
The deep by Solomon, Rivers.
The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration by Wilkerson, Isabel.
Between the world and me by Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America by Kendi, Ibram X.
Black ghost of empire : the long death of slavery and the failure of emancipation by Manjapra, Kris
Watermelon & red birds: a cookbook for Juneteenth and black celebrations by Taylor, Nicole A.
The 1619 Project : a new origin story by
African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideas by Fischer, David Hackett
Lincoln's Hundred Days : The Emancipation Proclamation and the war for the union by Masur, Louis P.
Up from slavery by Washington, Booker T.
Frederick Douglass : the lion who wrote history by Myers, Walter Dean
Juneteenth by Dolbear, Emily J.
Juneteenth by Jordan, Denise.
Hidden Black history : from Juneteenth to redlining by Green, Amanda Jackson
The Emancipation Proclamation by Carey, Charles W.
The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America by Rothstein, Richard
On Juneteenth by Gordon-Reed, Annette
The cooking gene : a journey through African-American culinary history in the Old South by Twitty, Michael
Envisioning emancipation : Black Americans and the end of slavery by Willis, Deborah
Frederick Douglass : prophet of freedom by Blight, David W.
Jane Crow : the life of Pauli Murray by Rosenberg, Rosalind
Sweet taste of liberty : a true story of slavery and restitution in America by McDaniel, W. Caleb
Free at last : a Juneteenth poem by Kincaid-Rolle, Sojourner.
Jubilee by Walker, Margaret
Juneteenth : the history and legacy of the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the South by Editors, Charles River
Opal Lee and what it means to be free : the true story of the grandmother of Juneteenth by Duncan, Alice Faye
The Juneteenth story : celebrating the end of slavery in the United States by Agostini, Alliah L.
What is Juneteenth? by Jewel, Kirsti

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