Celebrating Black History, Black Excellence, and Black Joy Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the freedom of the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in Texas. The newly freed Black Americans observed Juneteenth as a celebration of freedom and its fulfillment. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, is marked by celebrations, family gatherings, picnics, and readings of the Emancipation Proclamation as a measure of progress against freedom. As Juneteenth is an occasion for…
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///////////////Books on Film: THE CIRCLE
Inspired by Dave Eggers’ novel of the same name, The Circle is an upcoming science-fiction drama starring Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Patton Oswalt, and Bill Paxton.…
Reads That Will Get Your Book Clubs Talking
The formula for a good book club is yummy food plus wine with a little bit of talk about the book mixed in. Since some…
A Book Trailer for ALL OUR WRONG TODAYS
A book trailer has been revealed for the much-anticipated debut novel from Elan Mastai—All Our Wrong Todays. All Our Wrong Todays is about the versions…
If You Read This, You Might Like: A Perilous Undertaking
ReadAlikes: A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn London, 1887. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a…
Books on Film: Fifty Shades Darker
A special edition of E L James’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel, Fifty Shades Darker, that includes her own photos and caption commentary from the…