JUNETEENTH RESOURCE GUIDE

Juneteenth — also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day — celebrates the emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the United States. 

Although the Emancipation Proclamation was signed almost two and a half years earlier, the news of this important decision didn’t reach Texas until June 19, 1865. Now, Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 and has become a time to share stories of resilience, resistance, and liberation, and to uplift Black joy.

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Check out our Juneteenth bookshop collection.

Book Suggestions for Children: 

• All Different Now: Juneteenth, The First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson, Illustrated by E.B. Lewis
• Juneteenth Jamboree by Carol Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by Yvonne Buchanan
• Freedom, We Sing by Amrya Leon, Illustrated by Molly Mendoza 
• A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson, Illustrated by Eric Velasquez 

Book Suggestions for Adults 

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 
• Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
• Jubilee: The Emergence of African American Culture by Hannibal B. Johnson 

Documentaries, Movies, and TV Shows:

• Netflix: Black History is American History & Black Lives Matter Collections
• Hulu: Black Stories Always Collection
• Disney+: Celebrate Black Stories Collection

Buy Black

Looking to support local Black-owned businesses in the Wichita area? Check out suggestions here. 

Visit Black Owned Everything to support national Black-owned brands. Black Owned Everything creates meaningful and long-lasting participation between Black business, community, and excellence. Donate: Consider donating to local, Black-led organizations in the Wichita community and national organizations continuing the fight for Black liberation and independence.

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Resources Used to create this guide: National Museum of African American History & Culture | Teach for America |  National Museum of African American History & Culture | Block Club Chicago | Givebutter