Juneteenth
Juneteenth 2009, by the COM Library, via flickr
- Juneteenth.com — Learn more about this special day and how it is celebrated around the country and even around the world.
- History of Juneteenth — from the Electronic Village.com
- Juneteenth: African-American Emancipation Day — An article by Caitlin Helfrich for InfoPlease
- Juneteenth — From the Texas State Library
- Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom Delayed — “NPR’s Karen Grigsby Bates reports on a Los Angeles celebration of “Juneteenth,” a day recognizing the moment when African-American slaves in Texas got word of the Emancipation Proclamation — but nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed it into law.”
- National Juneteenth Observance Foundation — Find out more about the effort to make Juneteenth a national holiday
- Celebrating Emancipation Book List — A children’s book list celebrating Juneteenth and the Emancipation Proclamation