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Juneteenth: Resources

Virtual Tours of Museums

America's Black Holocaust Museum

Join the Gateway Technical College for a field trip to the American Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, June 16th, 1 - 5 pm. You'll learn about Black liberation from the institution of slavery and have fun while doing it. Event attendees will be eligible for prize drawings. See gtc.edu/D365 for more information and details.

National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

National Civil Rights Museum

Northwest African American Museum

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

YouTube Videos

Films On Demand - Log-in Required

Black Owned Businesses

100+ BLACK BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT ON JUNETEENTH AND EVERY DAY
Alisa Gumbs - June 19, 2020
blackenterprise.com
Black-Owned Businesses in Wisconsin to Explore While Traveling
From https://www.travelwisconsin.com/
Kenosha/Racine Area Black Owned Business Page
Link to Facebook page
MKE Black
Explore Milwaukee's black businesses

National Archive Documents

The Emancipation Proclamation
Original Juneteenth Document

Emancipation Proclamation

Original Juneteenth Document

Library Books

On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
Call Number: Overdrive eBook

Publication Date: 2021-05-04

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Texas native.
Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: CEL 28.5 C7.61 2015

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

"Juneteenth" is licensed under CC BY 4.0 by Elizabeth Kennedy and Gateway Technical College Libraries.