They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Friendship Family - Orphans & Foster Homes Performing Arts - Music who challenges her to a

who challenges her to a game she can’t refuse—one that promises to put her love of danger to the ultimate test

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Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and ’40s

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They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Friendship Family - Orphans & Foster Homes Performing Arts - Music who challenges her to aA 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