Juneteenth
June 19
Honor freedom and justice for Black Americans and African Americans. Read on for book recommendations and upcoming programs that celebrate the legacy of Black music and artistic freedom.
Programs
GlenViewings: Summer of Soul (118mins/PG-13/2021)
Sunday, June 19, 1:30 PM • Community Room
A powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion, filmed over six weeks in the summer of 1969, just 100 miles south of Woodstock, at the Harlem Cultural Festival. Drop in.
Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power
Wednesday, June 22, 7-8 PM • Community Room
Chicago’s place in the history of soul music is undeniable, from Curtis Mayfield to The Chi-Lites and Chaka Khan to The Dells. Aaron Cohen tells the remarkable story of how the city’s homegrown record labels produced rising stars singing songs of progress and freedom. This music became the Black community’s voice of inspiration and change and the source of Black empowerment from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Recommendations
Youth
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson
Celebrating Juneteenth by Jody Jensen Shaffer
Juneteenth by Lisa A. Crayton
Juneteenth by Emily J. Dolbear
Juneteenth by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Juneteenth by Joanna Ponto
Juneteenth by Kevin P. Winn
Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper
What is Juneteenth? By Kirsti Jewel
Chains: Seeds of America by Laurie Anderson
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Alec’s Primer by Mildred P Walter
47 by Walter Mosley
Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Teens & Adults
A collection of eBooks, audiobooks, music, and movies on hoopla.
Films addressing the history and legacy of Juneteenth on kanopy.
