Join ‘On Juneteenth’ Book Discussion
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Please join the African American Association of County Employees for an exciting book discussion on Annette Gordon-Reed’s “On Juneteenth.”
Date: July 13
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Microsoft Teams
RSVP: https://forms.office.com/g/4LNpLf7cR1
Book Description: Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s “On Juneteenth” provides a historian’s view of the country’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond. All too aware of the stories of cowboys, ranchers, and oilmen that have long dominated the lore of the Lone Star State, Gordon-Reed—herself a Texas native and the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas as early as the 1820s—forges a new and profoundly truthful narrative of her home state, with implications for us all. Read more.
