Juneteenth

This month we recognize the significance of Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when emancipated slaves living in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free. First celebrated by African Americans in 1866, the holiday was originally known as Freedom Day. Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. Join the Eatonville Branch in commemorating the day through programs and events highlighting Black history, love and joy.

Juneteenth

Juneteenth : a novel / by Ralph Ellison edited by John Callahan.

Ellison, Ralph.

Cover art for The Juneteenth cookbook : recipes and activities for kids and families to celebrate / Alliah L. Agostini with Chef Taffy Elrod illustrated by Sawyer Cloud.

The Juneteenth cookbook : recipes and activities for kids and families to celebrate / Alliah L. Agostini with Chef Taffy Elrod illustrated by Sawyer Cloud.

Agostini, Alliah L., author.

Cover art for Stony the road : reconstruction

Stony the road : reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., author.

Cover art for Juneteenth : the story behind the celebration / Edward T. Cotham

Juneteenth : the story behind the celebration / Edward T. Cotham, Jr.

Cotham, Edward T. (Edward Terrel), 1953- author.

Cover art for Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from five generations of Black country cooks / Crystal Wilkinson photographs by Kelly Marshall.

Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from five generations of Black country cooks / Crystal Wilkinson photographs by Kelly Marshall.

Wilkinson, Crystal, author.

Wake up America : Black women on the future of democracy / edited by Keisha N. Blain.

How to say Babylon : a memoir / Safiya Sinclair.

Sinclair, Safiya, author.

The night before freedom : a Juneteenth story / words by Glenda Armand pictures by Corey Barksdale.

Armand, Glenda, author.

Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum / Antonia Hylton.

Hylton, Antonia, author.

Undiplomatic : how my attitude created the best kind of trouble / Deesha Dyer.

Dyer, Deesha, author.

Weird black girls : stories / Elwin Cotman.

Cotman, Elwin, 1984- author.

You get what you pay for : essays / by Morgan Parker.

Parker, Morgan, author.

Shoutin’ in the fire : an American epistle / Danté Stewart.

Stewart, Danté, author.

Ain’t I a woman : Black women and feminism / bell hooks.

hooks, bell, 1952-2021, author.

Conjure women : a novel / Afia Atakora.

Atakora, Afia, author.

Cover art for Sweet Home Cafe cookbook : a celebration of African American cooking / Albert Lukas and Jessica B. Harris

Sweet Home Cafe cookbook : a celebration of African American cooking / Albert Lukas and Jessica B. Harris, with contributions by Jerome Grant foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III introduction by Jacquelyn Serwer.

Barracoon : the story of the last black cargo / Zora Neale Hurston edited by Deborah G. Plant foreword by Alice Walker.

Hurston, Zora Neale, author.

Watermelon & red birds : a cookbook for Juneteenth and black celebrations / Nicole A. Taylor.

Taylor, Nicole A., author.

All the white friends I couldn’t keep : hope–and hard pills to swallow–about fighting for black lives / Andre Henry.

Henry, Andre (Musician), author.

The purpose of power : how we come together when we fall apart / Alicia Garza.

Garza, Alicia, 1981- author.

Envisioning emancipation : Black Americans and the end of slavery / Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer.

Willis, Deborah, 1948-

Cover art for Black joy : stories of resistance

Black joy : stories of resistance, resilience, and restoration / Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts.

Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M., author.

When we are seen : how to come into your power–and empower others along the way / Denise Young.

Young, Denise, 1955- author.

Life, I swear : intimate stories from Black women on identity, healing, and self-trust / curated by Chloe Dulce Louvouezo.

An extraordinary union / Alyssa Cole.

Cole, Alyssa, author.

Cover art for The 1619 Project : a new origin story / created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project : a new origin story / created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein.

The sweetness of water / Nathan Harris.

Harris, Nathan, author.

How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.

Smith, Clint, author.

Cover art for The three mothers : how the mothers of Martin Luther King

The three mothers : how the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin shaped a nation / Anna Malaika Tubbs.

Tubbs, Anna Malaika, author.

In every mirror she’s Black / Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström.

Akinmade-Akerström, Lola, author.

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