February is Black History Month, a time when we purpose to read and learn about the Black experience and about gifted Black individuals in our world. As I read to gather titles for this post, I was struck by how …
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still walking toward that dream…five to celebrate MLK Day 2015
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream, by Kristy Dempsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper published in 2014 by Philomel Books “On November 13, 1951, four years before singer Marian Anderson’s Metropolitan Opera debut, dancer Janet Collins became the first African …
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from civil war to civil rights…five books for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2014
Greetings on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2014. Each year I find more good books than I have space for which share King’s dream of civil rights and illuminate its importance over time. This list of five is packed with …
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orange marmalade 