Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
- Subject
- Biography & Autobiography - General
- Age
- 6-8 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Size
- 21.8 cm × 26.9 cm
- ISBN
- 9781423142577
In this New York Times Notable Children's Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, follow the life stories of ten Black men in American history and the legacies they left that forever changed the country.
Hand in Hand presents the stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully-drawn narratives offering the subjects' childhood influences, the time and place in which they lived, their accomplishments and motivations, and the legacies they left for future generations as links in the "freedom chain." This book will be the definitive family volume on the subject, punctuated with dynamic full color portraits and spot illustrations by two-time Caldecott Honor winner and multiple Coretta Scott King Book Award recipient Brian Pinkney. Backmatter includes a civil rights timeline, sources, and further reading.
Profiled:
Benjamin BannekerFrederick DouglassBooker T. WashingtonW.E.B. DuBoisA. Philip RandolphThurgood MarshallJackie RobinsonMalcolm XMartin Luther King, JrBarack H. Obama IIData provided by BiblioShare.
What reviewers said
"A unique historical approach, superbly handled."
"The inviting narrative and eloquent portrayal of these iconic men and the times in which they lived make for memorable reading."
"[The] stories in this beautifully written book are equally fascinating, and entire volume is movingly enhanced by poetry and by the inviting, creative illustrations of Brian Pinkney."
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