Weddings Valentine Style: Rich Inspiration for Every Woman’s Dream Day
Diann Valentine with Tonya Bolden [Read more…] about Weddings Valentine Style
Adult Readers
Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America
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This scrapbook, this witness of the black experience in miniature, speaks to all readers. From the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown, through the Revolution, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the fight for civil rights, right on up to our own time, Tell All the Children Our Story explores what it has meant to be young and black in America. [Read more…] about Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America
Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church
Written by Tonya Bolden Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
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Tonya Bolden’s moving homage to the Black Church is a celebration that spans centuries of oppression, endurance, hope, and jubilee. From the days when enslaved men, women, and children worshiped secretly in fields at night to the grand and prosperous city churches of today, the Black Church has been there to help its community, [Read more…] about Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church
Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists
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Wake Up Our Souls explores the lives and creations of a select number of esteemed black men and women who are part of the American art scene yesterday and today. Some of the artists are discussed in detail, while spotlights on others help round out the story. In all, more than thirty artists and their works are celebrated within these pages. [Read more…] about Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists
Chaka! Through the Fire
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The Book of African-American Women: 150 Crusaders, Creators, and Uplifters
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Right from the beginning, women of African descent have played an important and noteworthy role in the American experience. The Book of African-American Women explores the trials and tribulations, but most of all the accomplishments, of 150 women. [Read more…] about The Book of African-American Women: 150 Crusaders, Creators, and Uplifters