They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Friendship Family - Orphans & Foster Homes Performing Arts - Music and even your nose

and even your nose

A single woman

and hearts are raw

Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and ’40s

This edition also includes a new foreword from interdisciplinary scholar Imani Perry and an afterword from noted Baldwin scholar Eddie S

They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Friendship Family - Orphans & Foster Homes Performing Arts - Music and even your noseA moving picture book about the history of Emancipation Park in Houston, Texasand the origins of Juneteenth. When people visit me, they are freeto run, play, gather, and rejoice. They built me to remember. On June 19, 1865, the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas learned they were free, ending slavery in the United States. This day was soon to be memorialized with the dedication of a park in Houston. The park was called Emancipation Park, and the day it