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4 books to help you learn the history of Juneteenth

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Cover of "Juneteenth Celebration" book


"Celebrating Juneteenth," Amanda Jackson Green, 2022

Wondering how to talk to kids about Juneteenth? This illustrated book, aimed at children between the ages of 7-9, can help get the ball rolling.

Cover of The Freedmen's Book

"The Freedmen’s Book," Lydia Maria Child, 1865

The author dedicated this collection of works written by abolitionists and former slaves to the Freedmen, “...with the hope that those of [them] who can read will read it aloud to others, and that all of [them] will derive fresh strength and courage from this true record of what colored men have accomplished, under great disadvantages.”

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"The Rising Son, or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race," William Wells Brown, 1874

A contemporary of Frederick Douglass, Dr. William Wells Brown was a prolific author and ardent abolitionist. His book, Clotel, is considered the first novel published by an African American.

Cover of A Domestic Cook Book

"A Domestic Cook Book," Malinda Russell, 1866

“A Domestic Cook Book” is the first cookbook published by a Black woman. Malinda Russell, a free woman born to the daughter of an emancipated slave, published this collection as a fundraising effort to return from Michigan to Tennessee after being robbed, threatened and driven out of her home, years after slavery was abolished in the state.

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