This year marks the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth. It commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States.
Additional information about this celebration is listed below:
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/juneteenth.html
Videos: http://www.c-span.org/video/?324415-1/history-juneteenth, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIi_53jihMM
Juneteenth Book Festival: http://www.juneteenthbookfestival.com/
Books about Juneteenth:
Juneteenth Jamboree, by Carole Boston Weatherford
Juneteenth, by Ralph Ellison
Juneteenth for Mazie, by Floyd Cooper
All Different Now, The First Day of Freedom, by Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis
Come Juneteenth, by Ann Rinaldi