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Juneteenth
This month we recognize the significance of Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when emancipated slaves living in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free. First celebrated by African Americans in 1866, the holiday was originally known as Freedom Day. Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. Join the Eatonville Branch in commemorating the day through programs and events highlighting Black history, love and joy.
Juneteenth
![Cover art for Juneteenth : a novel / by Ralph Ellison edited by John Callahan.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-0375707549.jpeg)
Juneteenth : a novel / by Ralph Ellison edited by John Callahan.
Ellison, Ralph.
![Cover art for Stony the road : reconstruction](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9780525559535.jpeg)
Stony the road : reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., author.
![Cover art for Juneteenth : the story behind the celebration / Edward T. Cotham](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9781649670007.jpeg)
Juneteenth : the story behind the celebration / Edward T. Cotham, Jr.
Cotham, Edward T. (Edward Terrel), 1953- author.
![Cover art for How to say Babylon : a memoir / Safiya Sinclair.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9781982132330.jpeg)
How to say Babylon : a memoir / Safiya Sinclair.
Sinclair, Safiya, author.
![Cover art for Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum / Antonia Hylton.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781538723692.jpeg)
Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum / Antonia Hylton.
Hylton, Antonia, author.
![Cover art for Undiplomatic : how my attitude created the best kind of trouble / Deesha Dyer.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-1538741695.jpeg)
Undiplomatic : how my attitude created the best kind of trouble / Deesha Dyer.
Dyer, Deesha, author.
![Cover art for Weird black girls : stories / Elwin Cotman.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9781668018859.jpeg)
Weird black girls : stories / Elwin Cotman.
Cotman, Elwin, 1984- author.
![Cover art for You get what you pay for : essays / by Morgan Parker.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cover-art-9780525511441.jpeg)
You get what you pay for : essays / by Morgan Parker.
Parker, Morgan, author.
![Cover art for Shoutin' in the fire : an American epistle / Danté Stewart.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9780593239629.jpeg)
Shoutin’ in the fire : an American epistle / Danté Stewart.
Stewart, Danté, author.
![Cover art for Ain't I a woman : Black women and feminism / bell hooks.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9781138821484.jpeg)
Ain’t I a woman : Black women and feminism / bell hooks.
hooks, bell, 1952-2021, author.
![Cover art for Conjure women : a novel / Afia Atakora.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9780525511489.jpeg)
Conjure women : a novel / Afia Atakora.
Atakora, Afia, author.
![Cover art for Watermelon & red birds : a cookbook for Juneteenth and black celebrations / Nicole A. Taylor.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9781982176211.jpeg)
Watermelon & red birds : a cookbook for Juneteenth and black celebrations / Nicole A. Taylor.
Taylor, Nicole A., author.
![Cover art for All the white friends I couldn't keep : hope--and hard pills to swallow--about fighting for black lives / Andre Henry.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9780593239889.jpeg)
All the white friends I couldn’t keep : hope–and hard pills to swallow–about fighting for black lives / Andre Henry.
Henry, Andre (Musician), author.
![Cover art for The purpose of power : how we come together when we fall apart / Alicia Garza.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9780525509684.jpeg)
The purpose of power : how we come together when we fall apart / Alicia Garza.
Garza, Alicia, 1981- author.
![Cover art for Black joy : stories of resistance](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9781982176556.jpeg)
Black joy : stories of resistance, resilience, and restoration / Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts.
Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M., author.
![Cover art for When we are seen : how to come into your power--and empower others along the way / Denise Young.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9780593239292.jpeg)
When we are seen : how to come into your power–and empower others along the way / Denise Young.
Young, Denise, 1955- author.
![Cover art for An extraordinary union / Alyssa Cole.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-1496707443.jpeg)
An extraordinary union / Alyssa Cole.
Cole, Alyssa, author.
![Cover art for The sweetness of water / Nathan Harris.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cover-art-9780316461276.jpeg)
The sweetness of water / Nathan Harris.
Harris, Nathan, author.
![Cover art for In every mirror she's Black / Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-art-9781728240381.jpeg)
In every mirror she’s Black / Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström.
Akinmade-Akerström, Lola, author.
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