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Celebrate Juneteenth

by Horn Book
Jun 19, 2023 | Filed in Blogs

Today is Juneteenth, a day of celebration for many, who commemorate June 19th, 1865, the date enslaved people in Texas finally learned of their emancipation.

In the March/April 2023 issue of the Horn Book Magazine, we reviewed Kim Taylor's new picture book A Flag for Juneteenth.

To view three other recommended books on the subject, click here.

For even more discussion of this day, read this Floyd Cooper Talks with Roger and also Robin Smith's appreciation of Angela Johnson and E. B. Lewis's All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom.

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