{"product_id":"the-abcs-of-black-history","title":"The ABCs of Black History","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak, creativity and joy. It's a story of big ideas--P is for Power, S is for Science and Soul. Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration. Of iconic figures--H is for Zora Neale Hurston, X is for Malcom X. It's an ABC book like no other, and a story of hope and love. In addition to rhyming text, the book includes back matter with information on the events, places, and people mentioned in the poem, from Mae Jemison to W. E. B. Du Bois, Fannie Lou Hamer to Sam Cooke, and the Little Rock Nine to DJ Kool Herc\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In rhyming couplets, Cortez leads readers on a journey through Black life that acknowledges pain and struggle while building confidence with examples of triumph. It's a tricky maneuver when writing for children, but Cortez pulls it off.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A uniquely crafted ABC book that portrays some of the most important events in Black History with a vibrancy and joy that young children will absolutely love.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Parade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"...The layers of history are plentiful and complex....A useful mentor text for writing projects, a springboard for research, and an essential addition to classroom libraries.\" - \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An impressive array of names, events, and concepts from Black history are introduced in this alphabet book for early-elementary readers... The rhyming verses are light on the tongue, making the reading smooth and soothing. The brightly colored, folk art-style illustrations offer vibrant scenes of historical and contemporary Black life...\" - \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Starred Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Poet Cortez pens an informative ode to Black history in her children's book debut--for each letter of this abecedarian, she offers lightly alliterative, rhyming text that illuminates historically significant concepts and figures...A particularly resonant spread shows a crowd holding signs that reflect both historical and current events, including \"We March with Selma\" and \"We Can't Breathe,\" demonstrating to young readers how past occurrences affect the present... A richly accessible resource for anyone seeking to celebrate Black visionaries.\" - \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRio Cortez\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet who has received fellowships from Poet's House, Cave Canem, and CantoMundo foundations. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the \n\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Rio writes and lives in Harlem where she works as a bookseller and buyer for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLauren Semmer\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist, children's book illustrator, and designer. She studied drawing at St. Paul College of Visual Arts and art history at New York University. Lauren's bright and charming work is featured on everything from kid's wall art to children's apparel. She lives in Manhattan with her family. \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe ABCs of Black History: Terms and Figures \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Baldwin \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA is for Anthem\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLift Ev'ry Voice and Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e James Weldon Johnson \n\u003cbr\u003e John Rosamond Johnson \n\u003cbr\u003e NAACP \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eB is for Beautiful, Brave, Bright, Bold, Brotherhood, Believing\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"Black is beautiful\" \n\u003cbr\u003e Kwame Brathwaite \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSoul Train\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Don Cornelius \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eC is for Community, Church, Civil Rights\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. \n\u003cbr\u003e Dexter Avenue Baptist Church \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eD is for Diaspora\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e African Diaspora \n\u003cbr\u003e slave trade \n\u003cbr\u003e Senegal \n\u003cbr\u003e Gambia \n\u003cbr\u003e Guinea-Bissau \n\u003cbr\u003e Mali \n\u003cbr\u003e Angola \n\u003cbr\u003e Congo \n\u003cbr\u003e the Democrative Republic of Congo \n\u003cbr\u003e Gabon \n\u003cbr\u003e Nigeria \n\u003cbr\u003e the Ivory Coast \n\u003cbr\u003e Ghana \n\u003cbr\u003e Sudan \n\u003cbr\u003e Cameroon \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eE is for Explore, Education, Expanding the mind\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e literacy \n\u003cbr\u003e segregation \n\u003cbr\u003e Linda Brown and Brown v. Board of Education \n\u003cbr\u003e Ruby Bridges \n\u003cbr\u003e Little Rock Nine \n\u003cbr\u003e Matthew Henson \n\u003cbr\u003e Mae Jemison \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eF is for Food, Farmed, Fried Fish, Folklore, Family, Freedom\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Emancipation Proclamation \n\u003cbr\u003e sharecroppers \n\u003cbr\u003e soul food \n\u003cbr\u003e \"jumping the broom\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eG is for Go!, Great Migration\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Black Codes \n\u003cbr\u003e blues music \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eH is for Harlem, Heart, \u003c\/b\u003e Langston \n\u003cb\u003eHughes, \u003c\/b\u003e Zora Neale \n\u003cb\u003eHurston\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e W.E.B. Du Bois \n\u003cbr\u003e Alain Locke \n\u003cbr\u003e Harlem Renaissance \n\u003cbr\u003e James Weldon Johnson \n\u003cbr\u003e Jean Toomer \n\u003cbr\u003e Arna Bontemps \n\u003cbr\u003e Countee Cullen \n\u003cbr\u003e Claude McKay \n\u003cbr\u003e Duke Ellington \n\u003cbr\u003e Bessie Smith \n\u003cbr\u003e Louis Armstrong \n\u003cbr\u003e Ethel Waters \n\u003cbr\u003e Bill \"Bojangles\" Robinson \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Ma\" Rainey \n\u003cbr\u003e Eubie Blake \n\u003cbr\u003e Apollo Theater \n\u003cbr\u003e Paul Robeson \n\u003cbr\u003e Marcus Garvey \n\u003cbr\u003e Arthur Schomburg \n\u003cbr\u003e Henry O. Tanner \n\u003cbr\u003e James Van Der Zee \n\u003cbr\u003e Aaron Douglass \n\u003cbr\u003e Augusta Savage \n\u003cbr\u003e Lillian Harris Dean (Pig Foot Mary) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eI is for Imagine, Invent, Innovative\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e George Washington Carver \n\u003cbr\u003e Madame C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove) \n\u003cbr\u003e Gwendolyn Brooks \n\u003cbr\u003e Alvin Ailey \n\u003cbr\u003e DJ Kool Herc \n\u003cbr\u003e Jean-Michel Basquiat \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJ is for Joy, Juneteenth, J'Ouvert Morning\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCarnival \u003cbr\u003e Trinidad\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCanboulay\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eK is for Kin, Kwanzaa\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Maulana Karenga \n\u003cbr\u003e Kwanzaa principles: \n\u003cbr\u003e Umoja \n\u003cbr\u003e Kujichagulia \n\u003cbr\u003e Ujima \n\u003cbr\u003e Ujamaa \n\u003cbr\u003e Nia \n\u003cbr\u003e Kuumba \n\u003cbr\u003e Imani \n\u003cbr\u003e kinara \n\u003cbr\u003e Kiswahili \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eL is for Love\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Rose and Ashley \/ Ashley's sack (Rose was Ashley's mother and they were both enslaved. When Ashley was sold at the age of 9, her mother gave her a sack that held the scraps of a dress, handfuls of pecans, and a braid of Rose's hair. They never saw each other again, but the sack has survived generations.) \n\u003cbr\u003e Nat Love \n\u003cbr\u003e Mildred Loving \n\u003cbr\u003e Marsha \"Pay It No Mind\" Johnson \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eM is for March, Matter\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) \n\u003cbr\u003e \"I Have a Dream\" speech \n\u003cbr\u003e Bloody Sunday \n\u003cbr\u003e March from Selma to Montgomery \n\u003cbr\u003e John Lewis \n\u003cbr\u003e \"We Shall Overcome\" \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Wade in the Water\" \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round\" \n\u003cbr\u003e Ahmaud Arbery \n\u003cbr\u003e Breonna Taylor \n\u003cbr\u003e George Floyd \n\u003cbr\u003e Black Lives Matter \n\u003cbr\u003e Patrisse Kahn-Cullors \n\u003cbr\u003e Alicia Garza \n\u003cbr\u003e Opal Tometi \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eN is for Newspapers\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e abolitionist movement \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe North Star\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Frederick Douglass \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eChicago Defender \u003cbr\u003e Pittsburgh Courier \u003cbr\u003e Richmond Planet \u003cbr\u003e Chicago Bee\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Johnson Publishing Company \n\u003cbr\u003e John H. Johnson \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNegro Digest \u003cbr\u003e Jet \u003cbr\u003e Ebony\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eO is for Organize\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) \n\u003cbr\u003e Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) \n\u003cbr\u003e Freedom Summer \n\u003cbr\u003e Freedom Rides \n\u003cbr\u003e Diane Nash \n\u003cbr\u003e Fred Hampton \n\u003cbr\u003e Ella Baker \n\u003cbr\u003e Southern Christian Leadership Conference \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eP is for Power, Panther, People, Power, President, Possible\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"Black Power\" \n\u003cbr\u003e Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) \n\u003cbr\u003e Black Panther Party \n\u003cbr\u003e Bobby Seale \n\u003cbr\u003e Huey P. Newton \n\u003cbr\u003e Thurgood Marshall \n\u003cbr\u003e Shirley Chisholm \n\u003cbr\u003e Barack Obama \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eQ is for Queens\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Queen Nefertiti, ancient Egyptian queen \n\u003cbr\u003e Queen Amina, mid-16th century queen, present-day Nigeria \n\u003cbr\u003e Queen Nandi Ndlovukazi kaBhebe, 18th century queen of the Zulu in what is now South Africa \n\u003cbr\u003e Queen Yaa Asantewaa, 19th century Ashanti Queen, present-day Ghana \n\u003cbr\u003e Ruby Hurley, \"queen of Civil Rights\" \n\u003cbr\u003e Ida B. Wells \n\u003cbr\u003e Leontyne Price \n\u003cbr\u003e Toni Morrison \n\u003cbr\u003e Michelle Obama \n\u003cbr\u003e Toni Morrison \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eR is for Rise, Relentlessly striving, Refusing to stop\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Rube Foster, Negro Leagues \n\u003cbr\u003e Jesse Owens \n\u003cbr\u003e Jackie Robinson \n\u003cbr\u003e Althea Gibson \n\u003cbr\u003e Muhammad Ali \n\u003cbr\u003e Arthur Ashe \n\u003cbr\u003e Florence Griffith Joyner \n\u003cbr\u003e Shani Davis \n\u003cbr\u003e Gabby Douglas \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eS is for Scientists, Stars, Study, Soul, Sweet, Sound\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Charles H. Turner \n\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Hale Williams \n\u003cbr\u003e Vivien Thomas \n\u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Banneker \n\u003cbr\u003e Patricia Bath \n\u003cbr\u003e Katherine Johnson \n\u003cbr\u003e Kizzmekia Corbett \n\u003cbr\u003e Ray Charles \n\u003cbr\u003e Aretha Franklin \n\u003cbr\u003e Sam Cooke \n\u003cbr\u003e James Brown \n\u003cbr\u003e Sister Rosetta Tharpe \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eT is for Tuskegee, Trades, Toiled, Tools, Booker T., True\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Tuskegee Institute \n\u003cbr\u003e Tuskegee Airmen \n\u003cbr\u003e Booker T. Washington \n\u003cbr\u003e W.E.B. DuBois \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eU is for United States, Unbroken, Unshaken, Unbound, Underground Railroad, Unfinished\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e U.S. Constitution \n\u003cbr\u003e 13th Amendment \n\u003cbr\u003e 14th Amendment \n\u003cbr\u003e 15th Amendment \n\u003cbr\u003e The Civil War \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAfrican-American Flag\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e David Hammons \n\u003cbr\u003e Harriet Tubman \n\u003cbr\u003e the Underground Railroad \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eV is for Vote\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Fannie Lou Hamer \n\u003cbr\u003e Freedom Summer \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eW is for Writers, Wisdom, Words, Worlds\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eArthur Schomburg\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Negro Society for Historical Research \n\u003cbr\u003e Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eX is for Malcolm X\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eY is for Young, Gifted and Black, You\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Lorraine Hansberry \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"To Be Young, Gifted and Black\" \n\u003cbr\u003e Nina Simone \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZ is for Zenith\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"Mountaintop Speech\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller that takes a bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture, B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright!\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Letter by letter, \n\u003ci\u003eThe ABCs of Black History\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak, creativity and joy. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's a story of big ideas--P is for Power, S is for Science and Soul. Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration. Of iconic figures--H is for Zora Neale Hurston, X is for Malcom X. It's an ABC book like no other, and a story of hope and love. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to rhyming text that is perfect to read aloud, the book includes information on the events, places, and people mentioned in the poem, from Mae Jemison to W.E.B. Du Bois, Fannie Lou Hamer to Sam Cooke, and the Little Rock Nine to DJ Kool Herc. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDon't miss the follow-up from the same creative team: \u003ci\u003eThe ABCs of Women's History\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/15\/2020 (EAN 9781523507498, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/01\/2020 pg. 50 (EAN 9781523507498, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/07\/2020 (EAN 9781523507498, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eCortez, Rio\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRio Cortez \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet who has received fellowships from Poet's House, Cave Canem, and CantoMundo foundations. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the \n\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eMother Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Rio writes and lives in Harlem, USA. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eSemmer, Lauren\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLauren Semmer is an artist, children's book illustrator, and designer. She studied drawing at St. Paul College of Visual Arts and art history at New York University. Lauren's bright and charming work is featured on everything from kid's wall art to children's apparel. 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