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• Arts: Literature: Authors: E: Ellison, Ralph  (72)
• Society: Ethnicity: African: African-American: History  (148)

Anniston, AL. Juneteenth Heritage Festival An emancipation celebration in Zinn Park. Includes information on program, Juneteenth history, and photos of past festivals. http://www.juneteenthanniston.homestead.com/

Emancipation Proclamation Time line of events that led up to the Emancipation Proclamation which abolished slavery in the United States. http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/almtime.html

Emancipation Proclamation (1863) Text of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation that abolished slavery in the United States. http://grid.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/al16/writings/emancip.htm

Handbook of Texas Online: Juneteenth History of the holiday that had its origins when Texas freed its slaves; includes a bibliography. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/JJ/lkj1.html

History of Juneteenth From the Black Experience page of the Electronic Village. http://www.elecvillage.com/juneteen.htm

Juneteenth in Jacksonville, Fl. Provides basic information about celebration scheduled for June 14-17, 2001. http://www.geocities.com/juneteenthnjaxflodcp/

Juneteenth: Real History A personal reflection on the holiday and on Galveston. http://www.spectacle.org/798/aussie.html

Juneteenth USA Holiday Explores the role Texas State Rep. Al Edwards played in making June 19th a state holiday. http://www.texasjuneteenthusa.com/

Juneteenth World Wide Celebration History of the holiday, registry of organizations and commemoration events in the U.S. and internationally, ideas on how to celebrate, products for sale, and other news and information. http://www.juneteenth.com/

National Association of Juneteenth Lineage NAJL supports and provides resources for African American cultural awareness and community revitalization. Also supports and helps to organize festivals such as Juneteenth. http://www.juneteenth.com/najl.htm