In recognition of Juneteenth, ODU Libraries offer diverse perspectives on the history of slavery, the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and abolitionist activism across the United States through a curated list of books and other materials - compiled from the Libraries' available resources.
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, A Black Family Keepsake by 
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by 
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by 
Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction by 
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by 
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by 
I'm Still Here by 
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by 
Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by 
A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School by 
More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States by 
The Oxford Handbook of Slavery in the Americas by 
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation by 
Raising Freedom's Child: Black Children and Visions of the Future after Slavery by 
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Freedom by 
The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition by 
A Slave No More: Two Men who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their own Narratives of Emancipation by 
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by 
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by 
Sweet Taste of Liberty: A true Story of Slavery and Restitution in America by 
To Raise up a Nation: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, and the Making of a Free Country by 
The Underground Railroad by 
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by 
Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery by 
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by 
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by 
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by 
