Juneteenth

Juneteenth Articles

• Article on UMass Amherst, Afro-American Studies Professor Amilicar Shabazz's campaign to make Juneteenth a state holiday
• NEPM 2020 Connecting Point interview with UMass Amherst, Afro-American Studies Professor Amilcar Shabazz regarding Juneteenth
• A Primer on Juneteenth by UMass Amherst, Afro-American Studies Professor Amilicar Shabazz and Demetria Shabazz
• The bill making Juneteenth a state holiday in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• 2021 U.S. Senators re-introduce legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

Historical sites specific to Black and African American History to visit virtually and or in person.

• WEB DuBois, Great Barrington, MA
• The Upper Housatonic Valley, African American Heritage Trail in Massachusetts and Connecticut
• David Ruggles Center, Florence, MA
• Sojourner Truth, Florence, MA
• Elizabeth Freeman, MA Historical Society , Boston
• Black Heritage Trail, Boston, MA
• Museum of African American History, Boston, Nantucket, MA
• PAHMUSA, The Pan African Historical Museum USA, Springfield, MA
• Smithsonian Museums, National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington, DC

Suggested Readings on Black and African American History and Racism

• Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson
• From Here to Equality, William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen
• How to be an AntiRacist, by Ibram X. Kendi
• The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
• Slavery by Another Name, by Douglas A Blackmon
• Slavery in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts, by Robert H. Romer 
• Stamped from the Beginning, by Ibram X. Kendi
• Stamped Racism, Antiracism and You, by Jason Reybilds and Ibram X. Kendi
• The Sum of Us, by Heather McGhee