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.

Staff Picks for Juneteenth

Don’t Touch My Hair!

Miller, Sharee

On the Come Up

Thomas, Angie

Let’s talk about love / Claire Kann.

Kann, Claire, author.

Their eyes were watching God / Zora Neale Hurston with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat and an afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Hurston, Zora Neale.

The hate u give / Angie Thomas.

Thomas, Angie, author.

The personal history of Rachel DuPree / Ann Weisgarber.

Weisgarber, Ann.

Make way for Dyamonde Daniel [electronic resource] / Nikki Grimes illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.

Grimes, Nikki.

The forgotten girl / India Hill Brown.

Brown, India Hill, 1991- author.

American spy : a novel / Lauren Wilkinson.

Wilkinson, Lauren, 1984- author.

Yes, chef [CDB UNABRIDGED] / Marcus Samuelsson.

Samuelsson, Marcus.

Cover art for Emancipation betrayed : the hidden history of Black organizing and white violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the bloody election of 1920 / Paul Ortiz.

Emancipation betrayed : the hidden history of Black organizing and white violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the bloody election of 1920 / Paul Ortiz.

Ortiz, Paul, 1964-

Cover art for Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird / Misty Copeland illustrated by Christopher Myers.

Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird / Misty Copeland illustrated by Christopher Myers.

Copeland, Misty.

One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Williams-Garcia, Rita.

The Black Panther Party : a graphic novel history / David F. Walker art, colors and letters by Marcus Kwame Anderson.

Walker, David, 1968- author.

Just as I am : a memoir / Cicely Tyson with Michelle Burford foreword by Viola Davis.

Tyson, Cicely, author.

Fire!! : the Zora Neale Hurston story / Peter Bagge.

Bagge, Peter, author, illustrator.

Opening the road : Victor Hugo Green and his Green Book / by Keila V. Dawson illustrated by Alleanna Harris.

Dawson, Keila V., author.

Legendborn / Tracy Deonn.

Deonn, Tracy, author.

An extraordinary union / Alyssa Cole.

Cole, Alyssa, author.

Hair love/ Matthew A. Cherry illustrated by Vashti Harrison.

Cherry, Matthew A, author.

Your name is a song / Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow illustrated by Luisa Uribe.

Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah, author.

Zora and me : the cursed ground / T. R. Simon.

Simon, T. R. (Tanya R.), author.

How we fight for our lives : a memoir / Saeed Jones.

Jones, Saeed, author.

Black joy : stories of resistance, resilience, and restoration / Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts.

Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M., author.

Juneteenth : our day of freedom / by Sharon Dennis Wyeth illustrated by Kim Holt.

Wyeth, Sharon Dennis, author.

Dear Martin / Nic Stone.

Stone, Nic, author.

Slay / by Brittney Morris.

Morris, Brittney, author.

This is my America / Kim Johnson.

Johnson, Kim, 1979- author.

Under a painted sky / Stacey Lee.

Lee, Stacey, author.

Reach for the Skai : how to inspire, empower, and clapback / Skai Jackson.

Jackson, Skai, author.

Cover art for Brown Bō'hēmians : honoring the light and magic of our creative community / curators, Vanessa Coore Vernons, Morgan Ashley, Wendy Pruitt.

Brown Bō’hēmians : honoring the light and magic of our creative community / curators, Vanessa Coore Vernons, Morgan Ashley, Wendy Pruitt.

Keep your head up / words by Aliya King Neil pictures by Charly Palmer.

King Neil, Aliya, 1973- author.

When we say Black lives matter / written and illustrated by Maxine Beneba Clarke.

Clarke, Maxine Beneba, author, illustrator.

The me I choose to be / written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley art by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt.

Tarpley, Natasha, author.

An American marriage : a novel / by Tayari Jones.

Jones, Tayari, author.

The revisioners : a novel / Margaret Wilkerson Sexton.

Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson, author.

Cover art for Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Vol. 1 : BFF / Brandon Montclare & Amy Reeder, writers Natacha Bustos, artist Tamra Bonvillain, color artist VC's Travis Lanham, letterer.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Vol. 1 : BFF / Brandon Montclare & Amy Reeder, writers Natacha Bustos, artist Tamra Bonvillain, color artist VC’s Travis Lanham, letterer.

Montclare, Brandon, author.

The Parker inheritance / Varian Johnson.

Johnson, Varian, author.

Guidebook to relative strangers : journeys into race, motherhood, and history / Camille T. Dungy.

Dungy, Camille T., 1972- author.

The unsung hero of Birdsong, USA / Brenda Woods.

Woods, Brenda (Brenda A.), author.

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.

Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

The pretty one : on life, pop culture, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me / Keah Brown.

Brown, Keah, author.

Fly / Brittany J. Thurman illustrated by Anna Cunha.

Thurman, Brittany, author.

Cover art for Waves [DVD videorecording] / A24 presents a Bron Studios and JW Films production produced by Trey Edward Shults, Kevin Turen, James Wilson written & directed by Trey Edward Shults.

Waves [DVD videorecording] / A24 presents a Bron Studios and JW Films production produced by Trey Edward Shults, Kevin Turen, James Wilson written & directed by Trey Edward Shults.

Finding Langston / by Lesa Cline-Ransome.

Cline-Ransome, Lesa, author.

Cover art for Get out [DVD videorecording] / Universal Pictures presents a Blumhouse / QC Entertainment production in association with Monkeypaw Productions a Jordan Peele film produced by Sean McKittrick,

Get out [DVD videorecording] / Universal Pictures presents a Blumhouse / QC Entertainment production in association with Monkeypaw Productions a Jordan Peele film produced by Sean McKittrick,

Cover art for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge [DVD videorecording] / HBO Pictures presents an Esparza/Katz production in association with Berry/Cirrincione a Martha Coolidge film produced by Larry Y. Albucher

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge [DVD videorecording] / HBO Pictures presents an Esparza/Katz production in association with Berry/Cirrincione a Martha Coolidge film produced by Larry Y. Albucher

Cover art for Hidden figures [DVD videorecording] / Fox 2000 Pictures presents a Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films production screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi directed by Theodore Melfi.

Hidden figures [DVD videorecording] / Fox 2000 Pictures presents a Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films production screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi directed by Theodore Melfi.

Bring on that beat / [written and illustrated by] Rachel Isadora.

Isadora, Rachel.

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