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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You’ve read THE GIRLS, now what? Emma Cline’s coming-of-age novel, about a teen girl who gets involved with one of the most infamous cults in…
Summer Reads: Bastille Day
Celebrate La fête nationale! The French National Day commemorates the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, an important event in Paris in a violent revolution…
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Loves Libraries
Since people can't live in a library, Amy Krouse Rosenthal has created the next best thing at home. Watch the video, below. Amy Krouse Rosenthal,…
Book Club Kit: The Light of Paris
Out today is The Light of Paris—the miraculous new novel from New York Times–bestselling author Eleanor Brown, whose debut, The Weird Sisters, was a sensation…
Summer Reading for All Ages
To help keep kids reading and learning this summer, Brightly has put together a comprehensive summer guide with book lists and tips for readers of…