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Listening, Feeling, and Acting like an superhero

I Am an Antiracist Superhero: With Activities to Help You Be One Too! by Jennifer Nicole Bacon

May 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Jennifer Nicole Bacon’s book, I Am an Antiracist Superhero: With Activities to Help You Be One Too! is exactly what you expect of a modern day, antiracist picture book. It is a bit dated as it talks about the protests surrounding George Floyd, but the rest is anytime information. The information included is less about being racist or antiracist, but how you can be a good person or a superhero.  It is about speaking up when you see someone is being picked on or something […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: antiracist, James Baldwin, Jennifer Nicole Bacon, Leticia Moreno, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Social Themes, Wynta-Amor Rogers.

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:377 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: antiracist, James Baldwin, Jennifer Nicole Bacon, Leticia Moreno, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Social Themes, Wynta-Amor Rogers. ·
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Ruby by Ruby

This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges

November 17, 2020 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges is a sweet book about a powerful event and time in history. Bridges own words show how it was to be the first one. How it was making history when you are not even double digits yet. She did not know what it all meant. She wanted to go to school. She did not understand why she was the only one in her classroom. She did not understand the toil it would take on her parents. And yet, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Louisiana, New Orleans, Ruby Bridges, School integration, Social Themes, United States - African-American

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:357 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Louisiana, New Orleans, Ruby Bridges, School integration, Social Themes, United States - African-American ·
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