They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park Basketball Biographies A Finalist for the 2016

A Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award

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The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel in twenty years

In the latest installment in the Joe King Oliver series

They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park Basketball Biographies A Finalist for the 2016A moving picture book about the history of Emancipation Park in Houston, Texasand the origins of Juneteenth. When people visit me, they are freeto run, play, gather, and rejoice. They built me to remember. On June 19, 1865, the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas learned they were free, ending slavery in the United States. This day was soon to be memorialized with the dedication of a park in Houston. The park was called Emancipation Park, and the day it