Juneteenth

Learn more about Juneteenth, celebrations, and the freed slave experience (compiled by Saint Mary's College of California Library)

Websites with more information

  • An audio reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
  • Original text of order found (Washington Post)
  • VOA video: Juneteenth 2020: Balancing Celebration...
  • YR Media's coverage of Juneteenth
  • from National Museum of African American History & Culture
  • Juneteenth 2021: How to celebrate virtually in the Bay Area
  • Juneteenth facts from @TheKingCenter

Select articles of interest available
via SMC Library subscriptions

  • Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
  • from African American Folklore: An Encyclopedia for Students
  • Galveston on San Francisco Bay: Juneteenth in the Fillmore...
  • Public Memory, Cultural Legacy, and Press Coverage of Juneteenth
  • Juneteenth, Black Texans and the Case for Reparations
  • Independence day (from Texas Monthly)
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Email (alt)
  • Facebook

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