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Branch, Muriel Miller.
Juneteenth :
freedom day /
[by] Muriel Miller Branch ; photos. by Willis Branch.
Freedom day.
New York :
Cobblehill,
1998.
54 p :
ill ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discusses the origin and present-day celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day Texan slaves realized they were free.
3-7.
8-12.
19691231.
Juneteenth.
African Americans
Social life and customs.
Slavery
Texas.
Holidays.
Texas
Social life and customs.
Branch, Willis,
ill.
MRLJG