As we prepare to celebrate the now federal holiday, Juneteenth, it is important that is not simply a day-off but a day of remembrance and liberation. And to get you in the spirit, I have compiled a few things to get you started!
Check it out below:
Film & Television/Podcasts
- A Dream Delivered: The Lost Letters of Hawkins Wilson (Streaming on Paramount+ and PlutoTV)
- ‘Sound of Freedom: A Juneteenth Celebration’ (ABC/Hulu) Friday-June 17th at 8 pm/ET
- ‘Something in the Water Festival’ (Amazon Prime Video and Twitch) Friday-Sunday 3 pm/ET
- ‘After Jackie’ (History Channel) Saturday-June 18 at 8 pm/ET
- ‘Juneteenth: A Global Celebration’ (CNN) Sunday-June 19th at 8 pm/ET
- ‘Omitted : The Black Cowboy’ (ESPN 2) Sunday-June 19th at 2 pm/ET
- Emergency (2022) [Amazon Prime Video]
- High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America- Episode #4-“Freedom” (2021) [Netflix]
- Miss Juneteenth (2020)
- Juneteenth Jamboree: A Place For Families (2016) [PBS]
- Juneteenth: Why Our Day of Jubilation Matters [Conversations with Beloved & Kindred-Auburn Avenue Research Library]
Cookbooks
- Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations ~Nicole A. Taylor
- Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health ~Gregory Gourdet
- Vibration Cooking ~Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
- Sweet Home Café Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking ~Albert Lukas, Jessica B. Harris, Jerome Grant, NMAAHC
- Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine ~Norma Jean and Carole Darden
- The Cooking Gene ~Michael Twitty
Resource Guides
- The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth NMAAHC-Smithsonian
- Juneteenth: A reading list from VCU News
- Dr. G’s Juneteenth Resource Guide
- Juneteenth-Looking Back While Moving Forward
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