Jonathan EmmesediJun 21, 2025

A brief but stimulating alternative to Trump's Juneteenth comments.

On Juneteenth | Annette Gordon-Reed | W. W. Norton & Company

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631498831

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On Juneteenth

<p><em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> • 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2021<br /> <em>New York Times</em> • Times Critics Top Books of 2021<br /> <em>New York Times</em> Bestseller<br /> Best Books of the Year • <em>Washington Post</em>, <em>TIME</em>, NPR, Oprah Daily, <em>Boston Globe</em>, <em>Christian Science Monitor</em>, <em>Kansas City Independent</em>, Los Angeles Public Library, Washington Independent Review of Books, Spy, Audile, Biblioracle, AbeBooks</p> The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth’s integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Texas native.<p> </p>, On Juneteenth, Annette Gordon-Reed, 9781631498831

Paria sans portefeuilleJun 19, 2025

"There are records of people being whipped for celebrating and being threatened for celebrating. And even outside the context of celebrations, there was retaliation against the Freedmen [..] There was a lot of hope in the middle of a lot of hostility."

Historian #AnnetteGordonReed, author of #OnJuneteenth

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-june-19-2024/
#Juneteenth #OTD #EmancipationDay #Emancipation #BlackHistory #UShistory #AmericanHistory #TexasHistory #BlackTexas #books #LettersAndPolitics @bookstodon @histodons

On Juneteenth: A Conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed | KPFA

Guest: Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. The author of Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hemingses of Monticello and her latest, On Juneteenth.     Feature Photo by Oladimeji Odunsi on Unsplash  

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