June 19, 2018

Happy Juneteenth: It’s Our Anniversary, Too!

Black Children’s Books and Authors (BCBA) launched our website on this day, June 19th, in 2015. Our primary goal for the website was to create a directory […]
May 30, 2018

40 Books for National Caribbean-American Heritage Month

June 2018 is the twelfth-year observance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. A 2006 proclamation, issued by President George W. Bush, declared the importance of “recognizing the […]
May 30, 2017

Six Books About Juneteenth!

On June 19, 1865, the slaves in Galveston, Texas received news from the Union Army: the Civil War was over, and, most importantly, they were free. […]
June 5, 2016

Celebrate Juneteenth with These 6 Children’s Books

On July 5, 1852, abolitionist and orator, Frederick Douglass asked a New York audience, “what, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” He went on […]