Juneteenth Reading List

In honor of Juneteenth, The Printing Museum would like to share our reading list.  Through illustrations, poetry, prose and stories, these authors detail beautiful narratives about African American history and culture.  You can find these books at your local libraries, bookstores and Amazon.  Happy Reading! 


Storybooks

Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones (Author), Renée Watson (Author) and Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator).  The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States. 

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Juneteenth

Celebrating freedoms, fighting for equality

Juneteenth — short for “June Nineteenth” — is an annual holiday in African American communities that commemorates the symbolic end of slavery in Texas. Also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day or Liberation Day, Juneteenth is observed primarily in local celebrations nationwide and also serves as an occasion to reflect on social, political, cultural, and economic progress of African Americans. 

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