TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jewel,Kirsti
AU  - Gutierrez,Manuel
TI  - What is Juneteenth?
T2  - What is...?
SN  - 9780593384701
AV  - E185.93.T4 J49 2022
U1  - 394.263 JEW 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Workshop
KW  - Juneteenth
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Emancipation
KW  - Texas
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Anniversaries, etc
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - United States
N1  - 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; 5.8; 3-6; 960L; Lexile
N2  - 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
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