{"id":8326,"date":"2021-06-17T12:34:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T16:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=8326"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:46:10","slug":"sage-book-club-books-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/sage-book-club-books-juneteenth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Book Club: #ForwardToFreedom books to celebrate Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/category\/people-leadership\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">People &amp; Leadership<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSage Book Club: #ForwardToFreedom books to celebrate Juneteenth\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-06-17T12:34:03-04:00\">June 17, 2021<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Sage Book Club: #ForwardToFreedom books to celebrate Juneteenth\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/sage-book-club-books-juneteenth\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/johannabrown\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Johanna-headshot2-350x350.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Johanna Brown-Lyons<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Perched high above the Ohio River Valley, Eden Park offers stunning views of downtown Cincinnati, the Ohio River, and neighboring Kentucky. It is also home to an annual Juneteenth celebration, which for me as a child marked the first \u201cbig\u201d celebration of the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I grew up celebrating Juneteenth, I know for many people 2020 was the first they ever heard of this celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is Juneteenth? As the History Channel explains it, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/what-is-juneteenth\">Juneteenth commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 19, 1865 \u2013 two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and more than two months after the end of the Civil War \u2013 federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and ensure that all enslaved people were freed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first known Juneteenth celebration happened the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we approach this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/juneteenth-congress-federal-holiday-3cc3b7a56ec97b0bae3dbdff1da092ee\">Juneteenth holiday<\/a> colleagues from our internal colleague success network BUILD@Sage (Blacks United in Leadership &amp; Development) have curated a reading list to help you expand your understanding of the Black experience in the United States and to support you in creating a more inclusive culture for your business and your community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Transform your workforce with Sage<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No matter the size of your team, Sage offers HR solutions to help you lead, manage, and engage your people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/human-resources\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"cta-id-3776\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-button-location=\"cta_box\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Find out more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-965462186-1440x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-965462186-1440x810.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-forwardtofreedom-fiction-books\">ForwardToFreedom Fiction Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-juneteenth-by-ralph-ellison\">Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the 1950s, this <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/juneteenth-a-novel-ralph-ellison\/cb49608a838bc0ef?ean=9780593242100&amp;next=t&amp;next=t\">posthumous second novel<\/a> by Ralph Ellison tells the story of a New England senator who is shot on the Senate floor. On his death bed he requests the presence of an elderly black minister, Reverend Alonzo Hickman.\u00a0 When the reverend arrives, the senator has one request, \u201cTell me what happened while there\u2019s still time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-invisible-man-by-ralph-ellison\">Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/invisible-man-9780679732761\/9780679732761\">this book <\/a>was originally published in 1952 it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks.\u00a0 The nameless narrator of the story is a young Black man who moves through a 20<sup>th<\/sup> century United States where he is invisible not through magic or supernatural ability, but because of others unwillingness to see him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-roots-by-alex-haley\">Roots by Alex Haley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by the author\u2019s own family history, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/roots-the-saga-of-an-american-family-27b0aab5-2efd-43bc-abbf-66245f584d22\/9780306824852\">Roots<\/a><\/em> tells the story of Kunta Kinte and his descendants who lived through major historical events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-forwardtofreedom-non-fiction-books\">ForwardToFreedom Non-Fiction Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-caste-by-isabel-wilkerson\">Caste by Isabel Wilkerson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/caste-oprah-s-book-club-the-origins-of-our-discontents-9780593230251\/9780593230251\">this book<\/a>, Wilkerson examines civilizations throughout history to uncover the eight pillars that underlies caste systems and explores how United States history is shaped by a hidden caste system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-benign-bigotry-by-kristin-j-anderson\">Benign Bigotry By Kristin J. Anderson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristen Anderson explores six commonly held cultural myths to demonstrate how beliefs held by individuals can impact society at large and <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/benign-bigotry\/9780521702591\">offers strategies for reducing prejudice in daily life.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-toxic-communities-environmental-racism-industrial-pollution-and-residential-mobility-by-dorceta-e-taylor\">Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility by Dorceta E. Taylor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Poor and minority neighborhoods are more likely to be home to hazardous waste and toxic facilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/toxic-communities-environmental-racism-industrial-pollution-and-residential-mobility-9798200239252\/9781479861781\">Taylor examines<\/a> historical and contemporary case studies to find out why and to change the conversation on environmental justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-be-an-antiracist-by-ibram-x-kendi\">How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/how-to-be-an-antiracist\/9780525509288\">A <em>New York Times <\/em>bestseller,<\/a> this book examines how to move beyond awareness of racism to playing an active role in creating a just and equitable society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-forwardtofreedom-young-adult-children-books\">ForwardToFreedom Young Adult\/Children Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-all-different-now-juneteenth-the-first-day-of-freedom-by-angela-johnson-illustrated-by-e-b-lewis\">All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As seen through the eyes of a little girl, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/all-different-now-juneteenth-the-first-day-of-freedom\/9780689873768\">this picture book <\/a>tells the story of the first Juneteenth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-juneteenth-for-mazie-by-floyd-cooper\">Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/juneteenth-for-mazie\/9781479558209\">Set in modern day<\/a>, Mazie is a little girl who discovers the meaning of the Juneteenth celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-story-of-juneteenth-an-interactive-history-adventure-by-steven-otfinoski\">The Story of Juneteenth: An Interactive History Adventure by\u00a0Steven Otfinoski<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this \u201cchoose your own adventure\u201d-style <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/the-story-of-juneteenth-an-interactive-history-adventure\/9781491418048\">book<\/a>, young readers can choose to explore multiple perspectives on history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Looking for more reading recommendations? 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It is also home to an annual Juneteenth celebration, which for me as a child marked the first \u201cbig\u201d celebration of the summer. While I grew up celebrating Juneteenth, I know for many people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":8327,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sage_video":false,"post_featured_image_hide":false,"sage_hide_published_date":false,"sage_hide_read_time":false,"sage_hide_share_buttons":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[317,206,201],"business_type":[40,41],"lilypad":[],"context":[],"industry":[411],"persona":[],"imagine_tag":[],"coauthors":[645],"class_list":["post-8326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people-leadership","tag-diversity","tag-sage-book-club","tag-sage-colleagues","business_type-small-business","business_type-growing-business","industry-human-resources"],"sage_meta":{"region":"en-us","author_name":"Johanna Brown-Lyons","featured_image":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/BUILD@Sage-Juneteenth-SageAdvice.jpg","imagine_tags":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Sage Advice US","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/8327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"business_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/business_type?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"lilypad","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/lilypad?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"context","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/context?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"imagine_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/imagine_tag?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}