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| Author | : Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : JUVENILE FICTION |
| ISBN | : |
Cassandra and her family have moved to her parents' hometown in Texas, but it doesn't feel like home to Cassandra until she experiences Juneteenth, a Texas tradition celebrating the end of slavery.
| Author | : Angela Johnson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2014-05-06 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 068987376X |
In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
| Author | : Alice Faye Duncan |
| Publisher | : Thomas Nelson |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2022-01-11 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1400231272 |
Booklist starred review Black activist Opal Lee had a vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone. This true story celebrates Black joy and inspires children to see their dreams blossom. Growing up in Texas, Opal knew the history of Juneteenth, but she soon discovered that many Americans had never heard of the holiday. Join Opal on her historic journey to recognize and celebrate "freedom for all." Every year, Opal looked forward to the Juneteenth picnic—a drumming, dancing, delicious party. She knew from Granddaddy Zak's stories that Juneteenth celebrated the day the freedom news of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation finally sailed into Texas in 1865—over two years after the president had declared it! But Opal didn't always see freedom in her Texas town. Then one Juneteenth day when Opal was twelve years old, an angry crowd burned down her brand-new home. This wasn't freedom at all. She had to do something! But could one person’s voice make a difference? Could Opal bring about national recognition of Juneteenth? Follow Opal Lee as she fights to improve the future by honoring the past. Through the story of Opal Lee's determination and persistence, children ages 4 to 8 will learn: all people are created equal the power of bravery and using your voice for change the history of Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, and what it means today no one is free unless everyone is free fighting for a dream is worth the difficulty experienced along the way Featuring the illustrations of New York Times bestselling illustrator Keturah A. Bobo (I am Enough), Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free by Alice Faye Duncan celebrates the life and legacy of a modern-day Black leader while sharing a message of hope, unity, joy, and strength.
| Author | : Muriel Miller Branch |
| Publisher | : Dutton Juvenile |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : African Americans |
| ISBN | : 9780525652229 |
Discusses the origin and present-day celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day, June 19, 1865, Texan slaves realized they were free.
| Author | : Ann Rinaldi |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2009-05-04 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0547351704 |
Sis Goose is a beloved member of Luli's family, despite the fact that she was born a slave. But the family is harboring a terrible secret. And when Union soldiers arrive on their Texas plantation to announce that slaves have been declared free for nearly two years, Sis Goose is horrified to learn that the people she called family have lied to her for so long. She runs away--but her newly found freedom has tragic consequences. Includes an author's note.
| Author | : Natalie M. Rosinsky |
| Publisher | : Capstone |
| Total Pages | : 28 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780756507701 |
Provides information on the origin of Juneteenth and some of the ways in which it is celebrated.
| Author | : Thomas J. Brown |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2011-11-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1421402513 |
In his book The Legacy of the Civil War, Robert Penn Warren remarked that "the Civil War is, for the American imagination, the great single event of our history." This volume reconsiders whether, fifty years later, Warren's influential claim still holds true. Essays from scholars in art, literature, and history examine how the Civil War is represented and interpreted in contemporary culture. They look at the works of more than thirty artists and writers as well as multiple political movements to reveal the many and provocative ways in which Americans engage the Civil War today, including chapters on the importance of Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, controversies over the Confederate flag, and the proliferation of "Juneteenth" observances. Special attention is paid to the works of African Americans and white southerners, for whom the Civil War was a revolutionary and defining moment. Such prominent scholars as Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr., W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Kirk Savage, and Elizabeth Young explore the works of major artists and less well-known figures, including Bobbie Ann Mason, Kara Walker, Dario Robleto, and John Huddleston. The authors repeatedly find that Americans today openly and playfully manipulate familiar images of the Civil War to explore the malleability of traditional social categories such as national identity, gender, and race. With the sesquicentennial of the Civil War upon us, this collection continues the conversation Warren began fifty years ago, albeit in unorthodox and challenging ways, to offer fresh and stimulating perspectives on the war's presence in the collective imagination of the nation.
| Author | : Rebecca L. Thomas |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 3583 |
| Release | : 2018-06-21 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : |
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
| Author | : Theater Communications Group |
| Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
| Total Pages | : 686 |
| Release | : 2010-07 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1458781402 |
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