Children’s books are famously bad at embracing diversity, but storytime is one of the many occasions when you can teach your kids about the accomplishments of black pioneers and trailblazers. BlackHistoryMonth
's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz offers a look into her father's story and how he became a prominent figure in the fight for civil rights. Poet Ntozake Shange tells the stories of her community and how its members, despite the obstacles in their way, persevered.
shares the accomplishments of Ronald McNair, an American physicist and NASA astronaut who died during the Space Shuttle Challenger launch, and the lesser-known story of howKids can learn the importance of community by reading Gwendolyn Brooks' poems about Chicago's Bronzeville section. This 1995 classic is a fictional story of a seamstress who helps fellow enslaved people find freedom on the Underground Railroad using a quilt.
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