Juneteenth Reading List

Celebrate Juneteenth with one of the following titles. Or, if you aren't familiar with it, use this as a jumping off point to learn more about this important date.

Updated May 12, 2025
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Four hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019
Kendi, Ibram X.
Paper Book
*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading Black voices -- co-curated by Ibram X. Kendi, author of the million-copy bestseller How To Be an...
How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America
Smith, Clint
Paper Book
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all...

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