Reads for All Ages #Juneteenth2026

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NYPL staff have once again put together a fantastic reading list, this time to honor Juneteenth: The books below, both fiction and nonfiction and for a span of age groups, delve into the Juneteenth holiday directly or take place during the joyous, yet tumultuous time period as slavery officially ended and freed Black people faced new forms of economic, legal, and societal barriers rooted in racism. The list provides reads for kids, teens and adults. Here’s a link to a recommended reading list exploring slavery and memory in the United States curated by Penguin Classics and The Lapidus Center at the Schomburg Center.