June 19 Is Juneteenth/Emancipation Day

Freedom celebrated, history remembered. Here are some of the Talking Book Program’s accessible books to read today in honor of Juneteenth.

From the library:

HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH: A HISTORY BOOK FOR NEW READERS (DB 127602)

OPAL LEE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FREE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE GRANDMOTHER OF JUNETEENTH (DBC 26479) (LB 0000359)

THEY BUILT ME FOR FREEDOM: THE STORY OF JUNETEENTH AND HOUSTON’S EMANCIPATION PARK (DB 121798)