What is Juneteenth? /
Jewel, Kirsti,
What is Juneteenth? / Juneteenth? by Kirsti Jewel ; illustrated by Manuel Guiterrez. - 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. - What is...? .
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
What is Juneteenth? -- Centuries of slavery -- Fighting for freedom! -- Newly freed -- Early celebrations -- Claiming space -- Juneteenth's migration -- A revival, 1968 -- Celebrations today -- Jubilee in 2020 -- Officially Juneteenth -- Timelines.
On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union soldier and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forced labor with no pay was now illegal in all of the United States. This news was cause for celebration, so the group of people jumped in excitement, danced, and wept tears of joy. They did not know it at the time, but their joyous celebration of freedom would become a holiday--Juneteenth--that is observed each year by more and more Americans.
5.8 3-6 960L Lexile
9780593384701 9780593384695 9781668812358 0593384709 0593384695 1668812355
2021048986
Juneteenth--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--Emancipation--Texas--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Anniversaries, etc.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--Emancipation--United States--Juvenile literature.
Juneteenth.
Slaves--Emancipation.
African Americans--Anniversaries, etc.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
E185.93.T4 / J49 2022
394.263 JEW
What is Juneteenth? / Juneteenth? by Kirsti Jewel ; illustrated by Manuel Guiterrez. - 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. - What is...? .
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
What is Juneteenth? -- Centuries of slavery -- Fighting for freedom! -- Newly freed -- Early celebrations -- Claiming space -- Juneteenth's migration -- A revival, 1968 -- Celebrations today -- Jubilee in 2020 -- Officially Juneteenth -- Timelines.
On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union soldier and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forced labor with no pay was now illegal in all of the United States. This news was cause for celebration, so the group of people jumped in excitement, danced, and wept tears of joy. They did not know it at the time, but their joyous celebration of freedom would become a holiday--Juneteenth--that is observed each year by more and more Americans.
5.8 3-6 960L Lexile
9780593384701 9780593384695 9781668812358 0593384709 0593384695 1668812355
2021048986
Juneteenth--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--Emancipation--Texas--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Anniversaries, etc.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--Emancipation--United States--Juvenile literature.
Juneteenth.
Slaves--Emancipation.
African Americans--Anniversaries, etc.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
E185.93.T4 / J49 2022
394.263 JEW