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If Casey rode a bicycle

Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion. by Charles R. Smith

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I had a few bikes in my day. I figured I was pretty good even as I fell off, had my dress caught in spokes stuff, ran into things. Oh yes, my athletics knew no boundaries of ineptitude. Of course, there was this young man in the 1800s who would have given me a ride for my money. His name was Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion. And I guess he was good. He won a few races (starting at age 13) and would fight racism, […]

More than the black-veiled image at her husbands funeral

Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Corretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan

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I knew a little bit about Coretta Scott King’s story, but mostly how it related to her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And when I saw Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King I was wondering how much her life would be shaped by her husbands? How much would there be about her and not just “oh she was this really famous guy’s wife and mother of his children?” Well, there is a lot about her. More than I really would have […]

The man who invited a dance style

Juba: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers

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CBR15Passport I own Based on true events of a little-known dancer of the pre-Civil War era, Juba: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers is a story of race and fame. This is the story of the man who invented modern tap dance. There is a mixture of humor and seriousness to the text as well as the overall tone. There is some language used (the N word and “racoon” without the “ra”) and talk of violence that happened (in the south and even north) therefore, […]

Celebrate differences

Princess Hair by Sharee Miller

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In 2017 Princess Hair probably was a fresh, new idea. I do not remember too many titles with children of color and their hair as the subject, but it was starting to become more mainstream. However, now, the story is a bit dated, as it has been done before. Though, it still is a good book for the younger child and their possible hair issues, or if in need of a little self-esteem pick-me-up. The nice part of Sharee Miller’s story is that there is […]

And here I always wanted a snow day

When the Schools Shut Down : A Young Girl's Story of Virginia's "Lost Generation" and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Decision by Yolanda Gladden

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While When the Schools Shut Down : A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s “Lost Generation” and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Decision is a slightly romantic telling of the several years after Brown v. Board of Education when one community went out of their way to make sure their black citizen did not get an education, this book is still strongly showing how much people want to learn, and how far they are willing to go to get what they want. After the decision […]

Presenting Who You Are

Who Are Your People? by Bakari Sellers

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The age-old question of Who Are Your People? is asked in Bakari Sellers picture book. And the answer is not what you would expect. The narrator does not say the people are from Kenya or South Africa. OR that they are Irish or Icelandic. They do not even go general and say from Asia or South America. The voice goes to a more broadly specific place. The place the characters are from are from a long line of people who fought, struggled, quietly sat instead […]



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