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federal government takes 11 holidays per year. Juneteenth National Independence Day, the most recent addition to that list, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Often called Emancipation Day or Jubilee Day, Juneteenth marks the day (June 19)
in 1865—over 2 years after the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/additionalcontent/10435235">Emancipation Proclamation</a><span style="color:black"> was signed—when a Union general
informed enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas that the Civil War had ended and that they were free. From the earliest learner to the more advanced, there are articles, video clips, images, and primary source documents available in the
</span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome">Michigan eLibrary (MeL)</a><span style="color:black"> to further our understanding of the newest federal holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Radio & News Transcripts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">While
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-pov">Points of View Reference Center</a><span style="color:black"> offers
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=juneteenth&cli0=FT&clv0=Y&type=0&searchMode=And&site=pov-live">thousands
of articles</a><span style="color:black"> and several images articulating the many pieces of history that led to the establishment of this federal holiday, one unique holding in this eResource is Radio & News Transcripts. These include complete transcripts
from CBS Evening News, CNN Newsroom, Fox News, NBC Nightly News, and the Today Show among others. Additionally, this eResource allows users to utilize the limiters to search for international articles about Juneteenth and other subjects.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">eBooks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e000xna">eBook Academic Collection</a>,<span style="color:black">
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=2946994&site=ehost-live&scope=site">Juneteenth:
The Story Behind the Celebration</a><span style="color:black"> gives a scholarly account on the holiday’s history. For the more novice learner, the
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e860xna">eBook K-8 Collection</a><span style="color:black"> provides the 32-page nonfiction text,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e860xna&AN=419429&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover">Juneteenth</a><span style="color:black">,
that touches on slavery and presents ways the holiday is currently celebrated. For additional titles on Juneteenth, explore the entire suite of eBook Collections in MeL or use
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-novplus">NoveList Plus</a><span style="color:black"> to generate a
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=juneteenth&type=0&searchMode=And&site=novp-live">title
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Early Learning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For our earliest learners,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=pebblego">PebbleGo</a><span style="color:black"> Social Studies and
</span><a href="http://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=eb">Britannica School</a><span style="color:black"> offer great video and audio tools to help support Juneteenth history and understanding. In PebbleGo Social Studies,
students can click the Holiday link and see that Juneteenth is included among the 39 holidays listed. Britannica School has a thorough summary of the holiday as well as embedded links to related articles. Maybe the most notable offering from Britannica is
this </span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/assembly/view/256111">Q&A video</a><span style="color:black"> that articulates the history and offers images of current celebrations around the country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To further your learning about Juneteenth, please also consider investigating the following eResources in MeL:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-hrc">History Reference Center</a><span style="color:black">,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-hus">Humanities Source</a><span style="color:black">, and
</span><a href="http://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ovic">Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints</a><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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