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Day #21 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #21 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

This is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration, a children’s book by Jacqueline Woodson, chronicles the years of the Great Migration when black families moved north seeking new opportunities. James E. Ransome’s bold oil painting illustrations capture the tug of war families found themselves in as they strove to retain family customs and traditions while grabbing on to all the possibility that their future in a new place held.

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Jacqueline Woodson – http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/
James E. Ransome – http://jamesransome.com/
The Great Migration – http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129827444

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Day #20 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #20 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

With her two younger sisters in tow, eleven-year-old Delphine embarks on a summer trip to visit the mother who left her family behind in Brooklyn when Delphine was only four. Rita Williams-Garcia sets her National Book Award Finalist young adult novel One Crazy Summer against the backdrop of the the Black Panther Movement in 1968’s Oakland, California. Delphine soon learns that the movement she has seen mostly on the television isn’t just about black militants, but must be viewed through a widened lens to include the community empowerment, free breakfasts, and summer school she experiences in Oakland.

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Rita Williams-Garcia – https://twitter.com/onecrazyrita?lang=en
The Black Panthers – http://theblackpanthers.com/home/

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Day #19 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #19 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

With simplicity and grace, Andrea Davis Pinkney presents her young readers with the story of Sojourner Truth’s long and tumultuous life in her children’s book Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride. Brian Pinkney’s watercolor illustrations bring Truth’s strong, courageous spirit to light, inviting the reader to contemplate the impact of her willingness to stand up and speak out for what she believed.

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Andrea Davis Pinkney – http://andreadavispinkney.com/
Brian Pinkney – http://www.brianpinkney.net/
Sojourner Truth – https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/sojourner-truth.htm

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Day #18 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #18 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

With her children’s book Eliington Was Not a Street, Ntozake Schange captures her adult self, red umbrella in hand, reflecting on the experiences of her childhood in a home that was filled with the black innovators of the time. In his oil-based illustrations, Kadir Nelson evokes the rich cultural and historical significance of the array of musicians, scholars, writers, politicians, athletes, and activists who crossed the threshold into Schange’s home.

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Ntozake Schange –
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/ntozake-shange
Kadir Nelson – http://www.kadirnelson.com/

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Day #17 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #17 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Profiling the unique courage of youth with her children’s book A Sweet Smell of Roses, Angela Johnson honors the untold story of the children who joined forces with adults to fight for their civil rights. Buoyed by their belief in something bigger than themselves, two young girls slip out unnoticed by their mother to join the marchers. Adding depth to the narrative, artist Eric Velasquez’s charcoal drawings focus in on the human emotions playing across the faces of those marching for their freedom.

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Angela Johnson – http://www.ajohnsonauthor.com/
Eric Velasquez – http://ericvelasquez.com/

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Day #16 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #16 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Kadir Nelson’s children’s book Nelson Mandela brings Mandela’s lifelong fight for equality, personal sacrifice, and eventual triumph as the first black president of South Africa to life with his poetry. Nelson’s vivid technicolor illustrations bring the painful apartheid years to light while illuminating Mandela’s journey from young boy to international hero.

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Kadir Nelson –  http://www.kadirnelson.com/
Nelson Mandela – https://www.nelsonmandela.org

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Day #15 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #15 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

With her children’s book The People Could Fly, Virginia Hamilton retells a timeless folktale shared by slaves as they endured the lash of the whip and longed for freedom on the plantations of the American south. Passed down from generation to generation, Hamilton, the granddaughter of a fugitive slave, originally heard the tale as a child. Leo and Diane Dillon’s powerful illustrations enhance the magical story of slaves who had wings, who used those wings to soar away from the heavy chains of slavery, and the story of all those slaves left behind, praying for their own chance at freedom.

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Virginia Hamilton – http://www.virginiahamilton.com/
Leo and Diane Dillon – http://www.nccil.org/artists/leo-diane-dillon

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Day #14 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #14 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

With her children’s book Satchel Paige Lesa Cline-Ransome’s shares the larger than life baseball legend. James E. Ransome’s bold, flashy paintings echo Paige’s showmanship and his unparalleled talent on the pitcher’s mound. Unflinching in its depiction of the realities of life on the road in the Negro Leagues, Ransome’s narrative portrays the incredible record crowds drawn by Paige’s showboating as well as the hard nights when restaurants and hotels alike turned the black team members away.

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Lesa Cline-Ransome – http://lesaclineransome.com/
James E. Ransome – http://jamesransome.com/
Satchel Paige – http://www.satchelpaige.com/
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Day #13 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #13 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

With her children’s book, Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman (available in the Briggs library), Nikki Grimes introduces young readers to a woman who defied the race and gender limitations of her time to soar through the skies as a pilot. Through the imagined memories of significant individuals  in her life alongside E.B. Lewis’ watercolor illustrations, Bessie’s courageous character and spirit of adventure comes to life.

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Nikki Grimes – http://www.nikkigrimes.com/
E.B. Lewis – http://eblewis.com/
Bessie Coleman – http://www.bessiecoleman.org/

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Day #12 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

Day #12 – Black History Month: Books Worth Reading…

With her children’s book, To Be a Drum, Evelyn Coleman presents a rhythmic celebration of black history in the United States rooted in the beat of the African drum. Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s tactile, earthy illustrations underscore the painful journey from the shores of Africa, the resilience of the black spirit through overwhelming hardship, and the ultimate triumphs in every field from medicine to literature to politics. Coleman’s narrative voice deftly navigates the diverse landscape of her readers; everyone takes something away, though each subsequent reading reveals new depth depending on one’s age and life experience.

Don’t miss as SAG-AFTRA Foundation presents the Storyline Online reading of the book by actor James Earl Jones:

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Evelyn Coleman – http://www.evelyncoleman.com/
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson – http://www.aminahsworld.org/

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