Juneteenth is observed on June 19th to commemorate the freedom of the last remaining African Americans in the Confederacy. The national holiday marks the day that the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached enslaved African Americans in Texas in 1865. It was originally issued in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln to end slavery.
Albertsons Library provides resources to learn about the historic significance of this event. On Juneteenth, by Annette Gordon-Reed, is a compilation of personal essays that reflect the author’s understanding, interpretation and experience of Juneteenth through an historic lens.
Black Studies Center is a database consisting of scholarly journals, commissioned overview essays by top scholars in Black Studies, historic indexes, and The Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910-1975. Individual components include the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, the Black Studies Periodical database, the Chicago Defender, the Black Literature Index, as well as the Black Abolitionist Papers.
Boise State University will be closed Monday, June 19.