Bibliograph

On Juneteenth, Annette Gordon-Reed

Type

Label

On Juneteenth, Annette Gordon-Reed

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On Juneteenth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Annette Gordon-Reed

Summary

Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth provides a historian's view of the nation's long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond

Table Of Contents

"This, then, is Texas" -- A Texas town -- Origin stories : Africans in Texas -- People of the past and the present -- Remember the Alamo -- On Juneteenth

Target audience

adult

Classification