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…
Browse Tag: Book Clubs
///////////////A Book Club Kit for The Dollhouse
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis hit shelves this week and it's perfect for book clubs. Luckily, we've got a book club kit just for you!…
There’s A Book for That: Back to School
Are you counting the days until the kids go back to school? Or maybe you are long past that point, and have a little yearning…
Hot Titles Hitting Shelves This Week
SURRENDER, NEW YORK by Caleb Carr Caleb Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author, returns with a contemporary, edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring the brilliant but unconventional criminal psychologist…
Book Trailer: Ninth City Burning
We never saw them coming. Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick Black comes out on September 6th — preorder your copy at your local library,…
Books on Film: Goat
Based on Brad Land’s memoir of the same name, Goat is the searing story of fraternity culture and the perils of hazing provides an unprecedented window into the…