Cheryl W. Thompson was at the Detroit Public Library talking about her book, Forgotten Souls, The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen. These Airmen risked so much for America and the war. Their significance and impact should be told. Thank you Cheryl Thompson for writing their stories.
One book is published which focuses on the lives of five African American female sociologists whose work contributed to the intersectionality of race, gender, culture, and more.
These books focus on fun, humor, family, black love and joy, and other themes. Happy reading!
Book 1: Count to Love! by Andrea Davis Pinkney How many ways can you count to love? On fingers and toes, on legs and arms, with belly kisses? Award-winning Andrea Davis and Brian Pinkney bring this sweet board book read-aloud to life with joyful text and exuberant illustrations, capturing that vivacity and energy so familiar to the parents of toddlers.
Book 2: Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Cousins take readers on a neighborhood tour and introduce them to the wonderous people who call Dream Street home.
The Swag is in the Socks by Kelly J. Baptist. Xavier is so close to being great and the Scepter League could get him there. Everyone in his family has been a part of the club and now maybe he will be a member as well. Hopefully with the addition of the socks from his uncle and the notes he’s been receiving he will find his way.
Book 4: Long Division by Kiese Laymon After City Coldson’s breakdown during a quiz contest goes viral he is sent to stay with his grandmother. There he embarks on a time bending journey and the only constant is City and a book with a mysterious author named Long Division.
Born March 15, Harriet E. Wilson was the first African American to publish a novel in North America. Her novel, Our Nig, Sketches From the Life of a Free Black, published in 1859, is an autobiographical narrative that stands as one of the most important accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North.
Dr. Kendra Boyd, scholar and professor on Black business and economic history, urban history and migration, talked about her book Freedom Enterprise, Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit. She was very informative and has thoroughly researched her topic.
Happy birthday Ayana Gray! She is the New York Times bestselling author of the young adult fantasy Beasts trilogy, and the adult book I, Medusa.
Born March 12, Virginia Hamilton was the most honored writer of children’s literature. She passed away in 2002. Here are just a few of her books:
Today’s post feature books with the word “rain” in the title.
Book 1: Rain Feet by Angela Johnson
Book 2: Rain Rising by Courtne Comrie
Book 3: Rain Remembers (the sequel to Rain Rising) by Courtne Comrie
Born March 8, Mel Watkins is an author, critic and a former staff member of the New York Times. He is known for this book, Stepin Fetchit, the Life and Times of Lincoln Perry. He has written a book about comedy, On the Real Side and his memoir, Dancing with Strangers.
Born March 3, Lawrence Dunbar Reddick was an African American historian, professor, and author of the first biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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