Posts Tagged ‘Books’
Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Black lives matter in children’s books, too.
“When a child sees themselves reflected in the books that they read, when the books are a mirror to them, they feel valued.” Black main characters are slowly growing more prominent in children’s books research shows. The Roseman’s Young, Black & Lit is making certain free books that feature black characters reach children.
Read MoreEarly Novel Written By Free Black Woman Called Out Racism Among Abolitionists
My Nig tells another side of the enslaved story. The book relates the same torture and inhumane conditions as in the south but added the silence of the Abolitionists in Milford, New Hampshire.
Read MoreFighting Racism…Especially Where We Don’t Realize It Exists
In his new book, award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi “pushes those of us who believe we are not racists to become something else: antiracists, who support ideas and policies affirming that “the racial groups are equals in all their apparent differences — that there is nothing right or wrong with any racial group.” A book review by historian Jeffrey C, Stewart.
Read MoreThis Definitive History of Racist Ideas Should Be Required Reading
A new book on racism, Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, written by Ibram X. Kendi, Ph.D., a University of Florida professor of Africana studies, breaks new ground in the study of racism.
Read MoreCan Reforming Culture Save Black Youths?
In a new book, Harvard sociology professor Orlando Patterson explores the way in which culture can be used to understand and improve the lives of young African Americans.
Read MoreToday: Crowd-Funding Campaign Launched to Publish “A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story”
Dr. James Cameron’s memoir of his lynching, “A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story,” will be republished through a crowd-funding campaign.
Read MoreWas the Author of The Three Musketeers a Black Man?
Alexandre Dumas wrote some of the best-known literature, but few people know about his personal life–or ethnicity.
Read MoreDr. James Cameron Featured in New Book about Supersurvivors!
Supersurvivors explores extraordinary accomplishments in the wake of catastrophe to explain how ordinary people achieve extraordinary things.
Read MoreWhere Are the People of Color in Children’s Books?
Walter Dean Myers writes about how children’s books do not often represent the Black children who read them.
Read More12 Years a Slave to Be Part of Public High School Curriculum
Montel Williams is using his celebrity to introduce 12 Years a Slave into educational settings where students can learn about history.
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