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Name: They Built ME for Freedom : the Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park
Author: Ellis, Tonya Duncan
ISBN: [978-0-06-328605-4,0-06-328605-X]

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They Built ME for Freedom : the Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park

Author: Ellis, Tonya Duncan

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Follett Number: 2649HE2
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-328605-4
ISBN-10: 0-06-328605-X
LCCN: 2023-943338
Dewey: 394.263
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:

African Americans History

African Americans Social Life and Customs

Creative Nonfiction

Enslaved Persons Emancipation

Juneteenth

Parks

Picture Books

"Bringing to life the 150-year story of Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas, and the origins of Juneteenth, this . . . picture book, with lyrical text and vibrant artwork, is an ode to the struggle, triumph, courage and joy of Black America"--Provided by publisher.

From the publisher:
A moving picture book about the history of Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas--and the origins of Juneteenth. When people visit me, they are free--to run, play, gather, and rejoice. They built me to remember. On June 19, 1865, the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas learned they were free, ending slavery in the United States. This day was soon to be memorialized with the dedication of a park in Houston. The park was called Emancipation Park, and the day it honored would come to be known as Juneteenth. In the voice and memory of the park itself--its fields and pools, its protests and cookouts, and, most of all, its people--the 150-year story of Emancipation Park is brought to life. Through lyrical text and vibrant artwork, Tonya Duncan Ellis and Jenin Mohammed have crafted an ode to the struggle, triumph, courage, and joy of Black America--and the promise of a people to remember.

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