Today is Thanksgiving. Many of us celebrate this holiday in traditional, creative, and unique ways. As I was thinking about tradition and creativity, I remembered this book.
Book 1: Black Futures edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
365 Black Books Pistons Wednesday
As I am watching the Detroit Pistons/Boston Celtics game, the Pistons 13 game win streak is on the line. The game is almost over and Boston has the lead. Boston snapped the Detroit Pistons 13 game win streak.
Book 1: The Franchise: Building a Winner with the World Champion Detroit Pistons, Basketball’s Bad Boys
Book 2: Tales From the Detroit Piston
Book 3: Blue Collar Champions
Thanksgiving stories from another perspective
These two books tells Thanksgiving stories from the indigenous people perspective. Worth reading.
Book 1: The Real History of Thanksgiving by Cayla Bellanger DeGroat
Book 2: Keepunumuk Weeachumun’s Thanksgiving Story
365 Black Books Thanksgiving Tuesday
Book: A Strawbeater’s Thanksgiving by Irene Smalls; illustrated by Melody Benson Rosales
Irene Smalls writes a Thanksgiving story featuring a slave boy and a tradition.
365 Black Books Money Monday
These books teach children and young people about financial literacy and business.
Book 1: No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas by Tonya Bolden; illustrated by Don Tate
Book 2: My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa Mollel; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. A young Tanzania boy saves his money for a bicycle to help his mother carry heavy loads to the marketplace.
Book 3: J.D. The Kid Barber: J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard; illustrated by Akeem S. Roberts
Book 4: Bee Fearless Dream Like a Kid by Makaila Ulmer
Book 5: Mo’s Bows by Moziah Bridges
365 Black Books Blessed Sunday
Award winning romance author Beverly Jenkins knows something about blessings. She wrote twelve books in the Blessings series. Rich in romance, characters, stories, twists, and surprises, these are books to read and enjoy! https://www.beverlyjenkins.net/books/the-blessings-series/
365 Black Books Film Saturday
These books present information about Oscar Micheaux, the first black filmmaker.
Book 1: Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only by Patrick McGilligan
Book 2: Writing Himself into History by Pearl Bowser and Louise Spence
Book 3: Oscar Micheaux and His Circle
Book 4: Straight Lick The Cinema of Oscar Micheaux by J. Ronald Green
Book 5: With a Crooked Stick by J. Ronald Green
365 Black Books Play Friday
Another Detroit playwright is Dominique Morisseau. Her play, Detroit ’67, has been performed all over and is worth going to see when you get the chance. It is part of a trilogy known as The Detroit Project.
365 Black Books Dance Thursday
These books feature the amazing dance pioneer Alvin Ailey
Book 1: Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Ailey
Book 2: Alvin Ailey A Life in Dance by Jennifer Dunning
Book 3: Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Book 4: Ailey Spirit
Book 5: Edges of Ailey
365 Black Books Research Wednesday
Our bookclub met Tuesday. We discussed the book All That She Carried by Dr. Tiya Miles. From a cotton bag that was passed down, Dr. Miles carefully traces the history and lives of a generation of women. An enslaved woman named Rose packed a bag for her soon to be sold daughter Ashley. Ashley carried that bag when she was sold into slavery. Decades later, Ashley’s granddaughter Ruth embroidered this family history on the sack.
Dr. Miles investigation, examination, and insight is thoroughly presented in this book. Dr. Miles wrote more than historical facts and research. She crafted a story about a generation of women whose love for family and each other carried them throughout their lives.
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