Juneteenth

Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emanicipation Proclamation made them free.

Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom.

""It is staggering that there is no date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States." -Annette Gordon-Reed. The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native. Interweaving American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed, the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas in the 1850s, recounts...

Learn about how freedom came to the slaves in June 1865.

"Describes the history and meaning of Juneteenth and how it is celebrated today"--Provided by publisher.

Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history: the day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth.

Discusses the origin and present-day celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day Texan slaves realized they were free.

Briefly explores the history of the Juneteenth holiday in the United States, also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day, commemorating the freeing of the slaves after the Civil War. Includes a glossary.