<a href="https://benicialibrary.org/news/juneteenth" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Press release from the Benicia Public Library:</a> Anita June 8, 2021 <h2>Juneteenth</h2> What is <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/juneteenth" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Juneteenth</a>?  From the National Museum of African American History and Culture Learn more about the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Emancipation Proclamation</a> Read the original <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299998?q=Emancipation%20Proclamation#.Vflu0VtrT7w.link" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Emancipation Proclamation</a> <a href="https://historyhub.history.gov/thread/7442" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Online films</a> from the Library of Congress in honor of Juneteenth A <a href="https://library.booksite.com/6134/nl/?list=CNL1&amp;group=EB84" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">booklist</a> of books on Juneteenth and the Emancipation Proclamation.<hr />This press release was produced by <a href="https://benicialibrary.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">the Benicia Public Library</a>. The views expressed here are the author's own.

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<h2>Juneteenth</h2> What is <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/juneteenth" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Juneteenth</a>?  From the National Museum of African American History and Culture Learn more about the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Emancipation Proclamation</a>

Read the original <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299998?q=Emancipation%20Proclamation#.Vflu0VtrT7w.link" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Emancipation Proclamation</a> <a href="https://historyhub.history.gov/thread/7442" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Online films</a> from the Library of Congress in honor of Juneteenth

A <a href="https://library.booksite.com/6134/nl/?list=CNL1&amp;group=EB84" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">booklist</a> of books on Juneteenth and the Emancipation Proclamation.<hr />This press release was produced by <a href="https://benicialibrary.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">the Benicia Public Library</a>. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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