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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Juneteenth for All Ages
Learning and Teaching About Juneteenth Using Children's Literature
The Work of Author-Illustrator Floyd Cooper
Juneteenth for All Ages
Learning and Teaching About Juneteenth Using Children's Literature
The Work of Author-Illustrator Floyd Cooper
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Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom.
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As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.