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Resources to help you explore Juneteenth.
Introduction
Juneteenth
"Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement." - Juneteenth.com
Videos on Juneteenth
Websites with Additional Information
- JuneteenthOfficial Website
- The Historical Legacy of JuneteenthNational Museum of African American History & Culture | Smithsonian Institute
- JuneteenthLibrary of Congress
- Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their StoriesLibrary of Congress
- The Story of JuneteenthJSTOR Daily
- Teaching JuneteenthTeaching Tolerance
- Emancipation and JuneteenthChapter from "Patriotic Holidays of the United States: An Introduction to the History, Symbols, and Traditions Behind the Major Holidays and Days of Observance."
- The 1619 ProjectThe New York Times (login required)
Books of Interest
- Pedagogy of the Oppressedby Paulo Freire
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5th Floor: LB 880 F73 P4313 2000 (SB campus) - Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates
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3rd Floor: E 185.615 C6335 2015 - Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good Peopleby Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald. “This book explores hidden biases that we all carry from a lifetime of experiences with blind spot cover social groups – age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, or nationality.”
4th Floor: BF575.P9 B25 2013 - Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison
4th Floor: PS3555.L625 I5 1995 - So You Want to Talk About Raceby Ijeoma Oluo
Palm Desert Campus Collection: E184 A1 O454 2018 - On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case For Hopeby DeRay Mckesson
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