
“Not a single kid in this world caused racism and engaged in enslaving people. However, it is important for them to understand how they are impacted by those things.”
– Robert J. Hendricks III
“This can be used for kids between the ages of 4 and 10 or even older. It gives a great introduction to why we celebrate the holiday and some basic ways that it can be celebrated,” Moody said.
Opal Lee was responsible for spearheading the movement into making Juneteenth a nationally recognized holiday, Wilson said. This children’s book, which focuses on themes of determination and persistence, tells of how even when enslaved people became emancipated, they were still anything but free.
“It recounts the experiential history of enslavement through a grandmother’s story of how her ancestors were stolen from good lives and how they survived. It provides readers with vivid images of cruelty of slavery and the hope of rebellion,” Palmer said.