02276cam a2200373 i 4500 913405802 TxAuBib 20230802120000.0 211006s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021048986 9780593384695 paperback 0593384695 paperback 9780593384701 library binding 0593384709 library binding TxAuBib rda Jewel, Kirsti,. What is Juneteenth? [PBK] / by Kirsti Jewel ; illustrated by Manuel Guiterrez. New York : Penguin Workshop, 2022. 108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 108). What is Juneteenth? -- Centuries of slavery -- Fighting for freedom! -- Newly freed -- Early celebrations -- Claiming space -- Juneteenth's migration -- A revival, 1968 -- Celebrations today -- Jubilee in 2020 -- Officially Juneteenth -- Timelines. "On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union soldier and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forced labor with no pay was now illegal in all of the United States. This news was cause for celebration, so the group of people jumped in excitement, danced, and wept tears of joy. They did not know it at the time, but their joyous celebration of freedom would become a holiday--Juneteenth--that is observed each year by more and more Americans"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop. 20230802. Juneteenth Juvenile literature. Enslaved persons Emancipation Texas Juvenile literature. Enslaved persons Emancipation United States Juvenile literature. African Americans Anniversaries, etc Juvenile literature. African Americans Social life and customs Juvenile literature. Gutiérrez, Manuel, (Illustrator), illustrator.