Electric Lit’s posts for Juneteenth 2024

Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas.

Electric Literature has shared a few posts that capture the spirit of the day.

One celebrates fourteen black-owned indie bookstores in the US, and the other recommends seven politically charged poetry collections.

Additionally, here are some Juneteenth-related posts from our archives:

• Literary journeys, literal and figurative

• Books that cover history's uncomfortable truths

• Born on the Water aims to be truthful, yet gentle, with kids about slavery

• Read an excerpt of Ours

• Scholar: Let's talk about how Brer Rabbit inspired Beatrix Potter

• Juneteenth reading recommendations

• Read an excerpt from The Black Church

• Read an excerpt of Let Us Descend

• Readings to mark Juneteenth  

• Isabel Wilkerson shares highlights from her book Caste