Van G Garrett

An African American family attends a modern-day Juneteenth parade in Galveston, Texas (the birthplace of the holiday). Text includes lines from "Lift Every Voice and Sing." "In a lyrical story about out newest national holiday, a young Black child experiences the magic of this local parade for the first time with their family as they come to understand the purpose of the party every year in Galveston, Texas--the birthplace of Juneteenth! The poetic...