On Juneteenth tells the sweeping story of Juneteenth’s integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Texas native. Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, this presentation is an account of the long road to Juneteenth, its Texas origins and the enormous hardships endured by African Americans since, from Reconstruction to Jim Crow and beyond. On Juneteenth forges a new and profoundly truthful narrative of Texas and its implications for us all (description drawn from https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631498831, website of the publisher of the book On Juneteenth).