For example, when talking about Grandpa Mose, the author says, "they sweat, they bled, they cried." This allowed the reader (child) to understand that slavery was a bad thing and why the celebration is so important. I was a little surprised at some of the graphic descriptions used, but was impressed at how well it got the point across. I enjoyed the story itself and the way the Emancipation Proclamation is explained so simply to the reader using the fictional characters. A lot of things have changed for the better since then and each year on Juneteenth, they celebrate and remember. So, every June 19th or Juneteenth, they marched for their rights their right to vote, for better jobs, schools and equal opportunity. Grandpa Mose was a slave and dreamed about freedom, until June 19, 1865, when Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was passed and he and the other slaves finally had their freedom! However, even though the slaves were free, they were not equal to the white people. Her father tells her that tomorrow, she will help celebrate Juneteenth, which was a time when her Great Great Great Grandfather Mose was told "no" much more than she ever will. It was about a young girl named Mazie, who was constantly being told "no".
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