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Library Closed Nov. 11, 2025, for Veterans Day

11/06/2024
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The Library will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day.

Later in November, we'll be open 0900-1300 Wednesday, November 26, and closed Thursday, November 27 through Sunday, November 30. We reopen with regular semester hours on December 1. 

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Reading List

Check out this reading list from the National Museum of African American History & Culture or stop by the Cal Maritime Library for the following books.

Juneteenth: Fact Sheet by U.S. Congressional Documents

Call Number: E-resource 
Publication Date: 2018-2023
This government document provides an overview of of the history and legislation around this day.

Cover ArtJuneteenth (Revised) by Ralph Ellison
Call Number: PS3555.L625 J86 2021

Publication Date: 2021
Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth is brilliantly crafted, moving, and wise. Ellison tells a powerful, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century.

Cover ArtJuneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration by Edward T. Cotham; Edward T. Cotham

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Publication Date: 2021
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Cover ArtEnvisioning Emancipation by Deborah Willis; Barbara Krauthamer

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On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed

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