Juneteenth Tentative Outline and Bibliography

Kaitlyn Zurita (09-27-20)

Juneteenth Tentative Outline and Bibliography

1. Introduction
2. Slavery in Texas
3. What is Juneteenth?
4. Why is it important?
5. Juneteenth vs Emancipation Proclamation: Theories behind the two-year delay
6. Juneteenth vs Emancipation Proclamation
7. The story of the messenger
8. The theory of wanting to maintain slave labor on plantations
9. The theory of slave owners benefiting from “one last cotton harvest”
10. Juneteenth and the Courts
11. Hall v. Keese
12. Doughtery v. Cartwright
13. Garrett v. Brooks
14. Juneteenth Celebrations and the Public
15. Negative attitudes towards African American participation in celebration
16. Purchase of the Emancipation Park in Houston
17. Purchase of Booker T. Washington Park
18. Not taught in school curriculum
19. Decline in celebration of Juneteenth (Jim Crow)
20. Civil Rights Movement impact on Juneteenth
21. Juneteenth 2020
22. Recognition of Juneteenth as a state holiday
23. Not taught in school curriculum
24. From enslavement to police brutality

Tentative Bibliography:

Brown, D. (2020, June 19). Juneteenth celebrates ‘a moment of indescribable joy’: Slavery’s end in Texas. Retrieved September 20, 2020, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/18/juneteenth-holiday-history-slavery-george-floyd/

Campbell, R. (1984). The End of Slavery in Texas: A Research Note. The Southwestern

Historical Quarterly, 88(1), 71-80. Retrieved September 27, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30239840

Criss, D. (2019, June 19). All but four US states celebrate Juneteenth as a holiday. Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/us/juneteenth-state-holidays-trnd/index.html

Cusick, J. (2019, June 19). STATEMENT: Today’s Hearing on Reparations Is a Critical Step Toward Truth and Reconciliation, Says CAP’s Danyelle Solomon. Retrieved September 27, 2020, fromhttps://www.americanprogress.org/press/statement/2019/06/19/471179/statement-todays-hearing-reparations-critical-step-toward-truth-reconciliation-says-caps-danyelle-solomon/

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020, June 18). Juneteenth. Retrieved September 20, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Juneteenth

Harrison, C. (2020, June 19). Why Juneteenth isn’t a national holiday … and should be. Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Why-Juneteenth-isn-t-a-national-holiday-and-15351891.php

History of Juneteenth. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2020, from https://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

Jones, R. (2020, August 25). Why Juneteenth is a celebration of hope. Retrieved September 20, 2020, from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/06/juneteenth-celebration-hope/

Jr., T. (2020, June 17). Juneteenth: The 155-year-old holiday’s history explained. Retrieved September 20, 2020, from https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/what-is-juneteenth-holidays-history-explained.html

Juneteenth: A Rallying Point for Reparations. (2019, June 19). Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://www.policylink.org/blog/juneteenth

Juneteenth: “The Emancipation Proclamation – Freedom Realized and Delayed”. (2020, May 19). Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://www.pvamu.edu/tiphc/research-projects/juneteenth-the-emancipation-proclamation-freedom-realized-and-delayed/

Library, T. (2020, June 18). Texas StateLaw Library. Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://www.sll.texas.gov/spotlight/2020/06/juneteenth/

Presidential Message on Juneteenth, 2020. (2020, June 19). Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-message-juneteenth-2020/

Saint-Jean, P. (2020, June 22). This Juneteenth Make Racial Reconciliation A Priority. Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://uscatholic.org/articles/202006/this-juneteenth-make-racial-reconciliation-a-priority/

Waldman, M. (2020, June 03). The Lesson of Juneteenth. Retrieved September 27, 2020, from https://www.brennance