On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed

On Juneteenth

Annette Gordon-Reed

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

128 pages | first published 2021

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Interweaving American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed, the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas in the 1850s, recounts the origins of Juneteenth and explores the legacies of the hol...
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