Hudson, Wade

A collection of thirty-six poems by eleven African-American writers. Includes brief introductions to the each writer's life and works.

Contains texts of twenty-three spirituals, traditional songs, street cries, chants, hand-clapping songs, and contemporary songs for children, with an appendix discussing the origins of each song and showing the melodic line.

Presents the life stories of five African American explorers: Esteban Dorantes, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Matthew A. Henson, Mae C. Jemison, and James Pierce Beckwourth.

Learn about the lives of Fannie Lou Hamer, Harriet Tubman, Richard Allen, Medgar evers, and Mary Church Terrell.

What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art, poetry, and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice and comfort to young activists.

"What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice to young activists"--OCLC.

A book of inventors with a short story of what they did to improve our lives.