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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How Spanish king Charles I’s 1518 decree for Africans to be shipped to the Americas triggered brutalities
The economic immigrants from the Caribbean whom the UK refused to offer citizenship for over 50 years
Sarah Woodson: the first African American female college professor
The short life of Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis, FBI’s first African-American female special agent
The life and suicide of Kalief Browder: A victim of Mike Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk
The rise and fall of Debi Thomas, the best African-American figure skater
Sally Hemings, the slave of a U.S. president who had 6 children by him
Meet the first black police officers of Atlanta who couldn’t arrest white people or use guns in 1948
You probably didn’t know that California is named after a black queen
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