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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Pastor Samuel Green, the little-known but key Underground Railroad figure who helped Harriet Tubman
How a 1940s black nurse married a WW II Nazi soldier against American and German views on race
Waiter carriers, the African American women who used chicken legs to gain financial freedom in Virginia
How 2,000 Blacks were used as barriers at gunpoint during The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Say no to baldness: Five black celebs who have had hair transplants
Civil rights icon Malcolm X was born on this day in 1925
Seven black celebrities we lost to AIDS
“Little monkey” – White parents spit on black football players for kneeling during anthemHow 2,000 Blacks were used as barriers at gunpoint during The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
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