Mini Edit: Three Books For Your Booklist

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🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In honor of Juneteenth, Christine shares three incredible books for your booklist. Send your questions to Christine at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM or comment on a post on Facebook or Instagram at @edityourlifeshow. LINKS/RELATED EPISODES: The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth How to properly celebrate Juneteenth in the age of commercialization Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (also see Young Readers version for ages 12+) How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (Antiracist Baby Picture Book, How to Raise an Antiracist, How to Be a (Young) Antiracist) Master Slave, Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the mini edit from Edit Your Life. In these snack-sized mini-episodes,
0:09.5	I answer your questions about everything from self-care to parenting, to relationships,
0:13.5	to home, and more. Think of me like that friend you text or call when you need a quick
0:18.1	piece of compassionate and candid advice. Send me your questions.
0:22.9	Today, June 19th is Juneteenth, and I wanted to share a few of my favorite book recommendations.
0:29.9	But first, I wanted to start with a little education, and I want to start by reading a historical
0:34.9	description from the historical legacy of Juneteenth, with top-line
0:39.7	segments excerpted from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
0:45.5	I encourage you to go to the original source, which I'll link up in the notes, for more information
0:49.8	and resources. From the website, it says, on Freedom's Eve, or the Eve of January 1st, 1863,
0:57.6	enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country,
1:02.8	awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. At the stroke of midnight,
1:07.8	prayers were answered as all enslaved people in Confederate states were declared legally free.
1:13.4	Only through the 13th Amendment did emancipation and slavery throughout the United States.
1:18.9	But not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free.
1:23.3	Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented
1:29.3	in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas,
1:35.8	enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865,
1:43.5	when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas.
1:48.0	The Army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were free
1:53.4	by executive decree. This day came to be known as Juneteenth by the newly freed people in Texas.
2:03.8	Again, check out that Smithsonian link for more information and resources. But meanwhile, Juneteenth is a federal holiday. Legislation establishing
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