Expert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
Each of the illustrations has been lovingly hand sewn and quilted, giving the book a homespun, tactile quality that is altogether unique.
Debut author and artist Kim Taylor sets this story apart by applying her skills as an expert quilter.
The story follows Huldah and her community as they process the news of their freedom and celebrate together by creating a community freedom flag.
Young Huldah, who is preparing to celebrate her tenth birthday, can\'t possibly anticipate how much her life will change that Juneteenth morning.
A Flag for Juneteenth depicts a close-knit community of enslaved African Americans on a plantation in Texas, the day before the announcement is to be made that all enslaved people are free. ln 2020, a powerful wave of protests and demonstrations calling for racial justice and equality brought new awareness to the significance of the holiday.
Since then, Juneteenth, as the day has come to be known, has steadily gained recognition throughout the United States.
On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in Texas were free.
Expert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl
