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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///////////////6 Books You Don’t Want to Miss in October
Little Boy Blue by M.J. Arlidge Detective Helen Grace faces her own dark compulsions in the new thriller from the international bestselling author of Pop Goes…
Books on Film: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jack Reacher is back on the big screen in this film adaptation of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Former military cop Jack Reacher…
Banned Books Week Sweepstakes
This Banned Books Week, check out our quiz to find out which Banned Book you should read to celebrate. Share your results with us at @PRHLibrary! For…
An Interview with SIRACUSA Author: Delia Ephron
Delia Ephron, author of Siracusa, chats about her New York Times-bestselling novel (soon to be film), vacationing in Italy, and how to eat like a child.…
Hot Titles Hitting Shelves This Week
FICTION RECKLESS CREED by Alex Kava In Chicago, a young man jumps from his thirtieth-story hotel room; along the Missouri river, a hunter and his…