February 03, 2019 at 04:00 pm | History
For the first week of Black History Month, The Reading Renaissance Campaign focuses on the theme of Africana history and culture. The books reviewed for this week provide a rich content for young readers to develop an appreciation of the Africana experience.
Take a literary ride with your children through these 8 books below:
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This legendary black author challenged the Catholic Church in 200AD against dumping unwanted babies
How this slave’s daring escape from U.S. President Washington in 1796 shocked everyone
How a lie and a gang of rampaging White men destroyed an entire Black community in 1923
Buxton, the extinct black-dominated town in Iowa that faced no segregation in the 1900s
