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Children’s Music comes to life

A Life of Song: The Story of Ella Jenkins (The First Lady of Children's Music) by Ty-Juana Taylor

February 27, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was  texting with a friend of mine the other day about how I like biographies of people who are not as well known. I had not yet found A Life of Song: The Story of Ella Jenkins (The First Lady of Children’s Music) by Ty-Juana Taylor and illustrated by Jade Johnson at that time,  but boy does it fit that category. If I had heard of Ella Jenkins, I have since forgotten it.  She is a woman who brought music to the people to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: African American & Black, Children's Music, Ella Jenkins, Jade Johnson, music, Racism, social activist, Social Topics, Ty-Juana Taylor

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:114 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: African American & Black, Children's Music, Ella Jenkins, Jade Johnson, music, Racism, social activist, Social Topics, Ty-Juana Taylor ·
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Standing up for the community

Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism (Do You Know My Name?)  by Mary Fairhurst Breen 

July 13, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism (Do You Know My Name?) by Mary Fairhurst Breen is a clever nonfiction book about everyday people who have made a name for themselves by just being themselves. We might not know them by that name (some people “only” fought the inclusion of a Chick-fil a on their college campus that resulted in Senator Graham making a fool of himself) but they made sure that others can have the freedom of being themselves, being represented, and finding ways to make it […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: activism, glbtq, Mary Fairhurst Breen, social activist, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:511 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: activism, glbtq, Mary Fairhurst Breen, social activist, Social Themes ·
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