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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What Will You Read for September?
The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies #1 International bestselling novel set in 1920s Ceylon, about a young Englishwoman who marries a charming tea plantation…
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The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena has generated wild enthusiasm from every corner. Editor Pamela Dorman recalls, “When Brian Tart handed me Shari Lapena’s The Couple…
Green Prize Winners; Green Titles to Read
The winners of the 2016 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature have been announced! "Santa Monica Public Library established the Green Prize to encourage and commend authors,…