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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///////////////New Books for August
August is approaching, and with it comes more reads for the beach. So grab your bathing suit, sunscreen, and comfy beach chair to sit back,…
Staff Pick: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Happy Pub Day to Dark Matter by Blake Crouch—the book we've all been waiting for! Dark Matter was a #1 LibraryReads pick for July—voted for by your…
There’s A Book for That: Dog Days of Summer
We’ve entered the Dog Days of Summer, a phrase which – according to the Merriam-Webster Idioms Dictionary – refers to “hot, sultry summer weather; also,…
Now in Paperback
Check out these staff favorites, now in paperback! Hot historical fiction titles that will take your book club to a different era: The Fair Fight…
Win a signed copy of Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed
Enter here to win a signed ARC of Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed, a retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest for Hogarth’s Shakespeare series! Felix is at the top of his game…