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Juneteenth Jubilee

On June 19th we commemorate the day in 1865 when 250,000 enslaved African Americans in the state of Texas were declared free by the U.S. Army. This date marked the official end of enslavement. The emancipation proclamation had been issued in 1863 but was not enacted in Texas until two years later. Explore these titles to learn about the stories & traditions behind Juneteenth, the spirit of freedom and heroic individuals who made liberation possible.

Palm Beach County Library System

21 items

  • An Emancipation of the Mind

    Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America

    Stewart, Matthew, 1963-
    Book, 2024New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024] — 306.362 STE
  • Envisioning Emancipation

    Black Americans and the End of Slavery

    Willis, Deborah, 1948-
    Book, 2013Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2013] — 973.714 WIL
  • Book, 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bullfrog Books, [2017] — J 394.263 BAI
  • Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free

    the True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth

    Duncan, Alice Faye
    Book, 2022Nashville, Tennessee : Tommy Nelson, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2022] — J BIO LEE
  • Available as a board book, audiobook and video as well.
    Picture Book, 2015North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2015] — E COOPER
  • Book, 2002Atlanta, GA : Tinwood Books in Association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002. — 746.46 Qui
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty

    Bolden, Tonya
    Book, 2013New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013. — J 973.714 BOL
  • Book, 2022Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Lake Press, [2022] — J 394.263 WIN
  • Book, 1999New York : Random House, [1999] — FIC ELLISON
  • Book, 2021North Mankato, Minnesota : Pebble, a Capstone imprint, [2021] — J 394.263 CRA
  • Picture Book, 2023New York, NY : Versify, 2023. — E GARRETT
  • Book, 2022New York : Random House Children's Books, [2022] — J 394.263 WYE