Category Archives: Black history Month

Speak Up, Speak Out! – MG Book Recommendation

Title: Speak up, Speak Out! The extraordinary life of “Fighting Shirley Chisholm” Author: Tonya Bolden Foreward by: Stacey Abrams Publisher: National Geographic Partners, 2022 Ages: 8-12 Format/Genre: biography Themes: African American legislators, presidential candidate, civil rights, women’s rights, activism, Shirley Chisolm Quote: If Harriet Tubman, … Continue reading

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Unspeakable, The Tulsa Race Massacre – PPBF & Black History Month

Title: Unspeakable, The Tulsa Race Massacre Author: Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrator: Floyd Cooper Publisher: Carolrhoda Books, Feb 2nd, 2021 Ages: 4-8 32 pages.  Genre: nonfiction, history Themes: African Americans, racism, violence, white supremacy, black history month, systemic racism, suppression of history, Tulsa massacre Opening:Once Upon … Continue reading

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Bread For Words – PPBF, and Black History Month

Title: Bread For Words, A Frederick Douglass Story Author: Shana Keller Illustrator: Kayla Stark Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press, 2020 Ages: 4-8 32 pages.  Genre: biography Themes: African Americans, slavery, biography, frederick douglass, literacy. freedom, perseverance Opening: I know where I was born, not when. … Continue reading

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