Happy Juneteenth from JCFPL!

On June 19^th Juneteenth (short for June Nineteenth) commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control over the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops arrived over two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States. Juneteenth continues to be celebrated in cities with Black populations through a series of parades, family reunions, speeches, and consuming of specific foods with a red color including barbeque. 

This year Jersey City Free Public Library’s Community Awareness Series will be hosting a Juneteenth Family Festival on Saturday June 22^nd 1 p.m. – 7p.m. at Berry Lane Park. Please join us for a day full of incredible live performances and activities for all ages! 

The Jersey City Free Public Library (JCFPL) is the largest municipal library in the State of New Jersey, serving one of the most diverse cities in the country. The Library meets the needs of the community by providing a wide array of programming and resources, and access to a broad range of print, digital, and audiovisual collections. The Library has been a cornerstone of Jersey City’s growing and changing community for more than 120 years.

Resources 

EBSCOhost:  An archive of periodicals that document the history of African Americans religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. It includes newspapers and magazines, puls reports and annuals. 

Archives Unbound – African American Collection: An interdisciplinary academic collection devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans covering the tumultuous period from 1900 to present day. 

Gale Primary resources – Slavery and Anti-Slavery: The most ambitious project of its kind, the content of the most ambitious project of its kind, the content of Slaver and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive is carefully reviewed by a renowned board of scholars and thematically arranged.

Patron Feedback 

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