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1) Juneteenth
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Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Juneteenth. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"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...
Author
Publisher
becker&mayer! kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"With colorful illustrations and a timeline, this introductory history of Juneteenth for kids details the evolution of the holiday commemorating the date the enslaved people of Texas first learned of their freedom. On June 19, 1865--more than two years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation--the enslaved people of Texas first learned of their freedom. That day became a day of remembrance and celebration that changed and grew from...
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