It was so awesome to have the chance to sit next to Brenda Perryman, a poet, author and Detroit Legend! Ugly Link: https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=llH7yiBMNXTRDh5F
Born on this day. . .
was Chester HImes, an African American novelist who wrote detective stories: http://www.detnovel.com/himes.html
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/HIMES/himes-chester_BIO.html
On this day in African American history. . .
A silent protest parade in 1917:
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article164116762.html
More resources on this event:
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai2/forward/text4/silentprotest.pdf
https://hyperallergic.com/392280/naacp-silent-protest-parade-yale/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/1917-silent-parade_us_597b3c01e4b0da64e8789bff?zl
On this day. . .
in 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified. This amendment grants citizenship to African Americans. More information on this Amendment is below:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_revised_1.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/14th-amendment-adopted
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html
Justina Ireland by The Brown Bookshelf
As a follow-up to Tuesday’s Black Kids on Covers post, here’s a look back at one of the authors included as she discusses her first two novels and how music helped her to write them. I wonder what music she wrote to while working on her upcoming Dread Nation! Enjoy this throwback post… What […]
Born on this day. . .
Woodie King, Jr. . .:http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/woodie-king-jr
More resources on Woodie King, Jr. :
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454392/
https://www.tcg.org/Default.aspx?TabID=6413
Born on this day. . .
was Spottswood William Robinson. Read more about this here: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/robinson-spottswood-william-1916-1998
Other sources on Spottswood William Robinson: http://www.pbs.org/beyondbrown/history/spottswood.html
Black Kids on Book Covers from The Brown Bookshelf
This is a wonderful time in children’s book publishing, where the faces of black girls and boys on covers is not an anomaly. When I was a kid, I almost never saw myself on the cover of a book, and certainly not ones as spectacular as those upcoming in the next few months. There was […]
Letter to Kwame Alexander
Dear Kwame Alexander, Thank you for making us openly weep last year at the ILA conference when you said, “The mind of an adult begins with the imagination of a child,” and “all kids are the good kids” When we heard you say those words and the room burst into thunderous applause, we knew […]
via An Open Thank You Letter to Kwame Alexander — Nerdy Book Club
Father’s Day Readings by Edi Campbell
I thought this Father’s Day would be a nice time to ask some of the men involved in the world of children’s literature to recommend books to fathers, particularly new fathers. I didn’t ask any of them if they are fathers themselves. I think their careers indicate a devotion to young people and makes them […]
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 