2018 Black History Month Edition
Readers, Please enjoy the Black History Edition of our Envision Equity newsletter. This edition celebrates and recognizes black woman that have shaped and molded our world into a better place. As a reader, you will have access to photos from events that embody the purpose of this newsletter. We hope you enjoy, share, and contribute to the newsletter. Lastly, remember to Envision Equity.
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Please enjoy the Black History Edition of our Envision Equity newsletter. This edition celebrates and recognizes black woman that have shaped and molded our world into a better place.
As a reader, you will have access to photos from events that embody the purpose of this newsletter.
We hope you enjoy, share, and contribute to the newsletter. Lastly, remember to Envision Equity.
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B o o k s t o A d d t o Y o u r B o o k s h e l f<br />
Just as we understand the contributions of African Americans should not be relegated to just February, we<br />
understand that our schools, libraries, and homes should also have books with diverse characters in them.<br />
Sometimes the messages we send are verbally silent but mentally internalized.<br />
Here are a list of books to consider adding to your classroom, collection, or checking out from the library.<br />
Henry's Freedom Box–<br />
Coretta Scott - Ntozake<br />
Coming on Home Soon -<br />
If A Bus Could Talk: The<br />
by Ellen Levine Illustrated by<br />
Shange<br />
Jacqueline Woodson<br />
Story of Rosa Parks by<br />
Kadir Nelson<br />
Artwork by Kadir Nelson<br />
Ada Ruth's mama must go<br />
Faith Ringgold<br />
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave<br />
captures the movement for<br />
away to Chicago to work,<br />
In this book a bus does talk,<br />
who mails himself to freedom by a<br />
civil rights in the United<br />
leaving Ada Ruth and<br />
and on her way to school a<br />
Jane Addams Peace Award-<br />
States and honors its most<br />
Grandma behind. It's war<br />
girl named Marcie learns<br />
winning author and a Coretta Scott<br />
elegant inspiration, Coretta<br />
time, and women are<br />
why Rosa Parks is the<br />
King Award-winning artist.<br />
Scott King.<br />
needed to fill the men's jobs.<br />
mother of the Civil Rights<br />
movement.<br />
Nelson Mandela - Kadir Nelson<br />
He’s Got the Whole<br />
Sweet Clara and the Freedom<br />
Bigmama’s – Donald<br />
In this picture book biography, award-<br />
World in His Hands –<br />
Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson<br />
Crews<br />
winning author and illustrator Kadir<br />
Kadir Nelson<br />
As a seamstress in the Big<br />
A nostalgic riff on visiting<br />
Nelson tells the story of Mandela, a<br />
Nelson is a powerful artist<br />
House, Clara dreams of a reunion<br />
your country folks, heavy on<br />
global icon, in poignant free verse and<br />
as well as writer, and this<br />
with her Momma, who lives on<br />
the love, light on the<br />
glorious illustrations.<br />
book is a great marriage of<br />
another plantation--and even of<br />
mosquitos.<br />
his gifts.<br />
running away to freedom.<br />
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