by TheRadicalAgenda | Jul 22, 2023 | Biographies
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear Gyo Fujikawa, The Japanese Disney Artist Who Drew While Her Family Was Taken to an Internment Camp Who was Gyo Fujikawa? It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear tells...
by TheRadicalAgenda | Jun 28, 2023 | Civil Rights Movement
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson {Book Review} What Was the Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963? It turns out that the August 1963 March on Washington wasn’t the only mass march. On May 2, 1963, thousands of children walked quietly...
by TheRadicalAgenda | Jun 27, 2023 | Biographies, LGBTQ+ History
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington by Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders {Bayard Rustin} This Black Gay Man Organized the 1963 March on Washington I accidentally borrowed several library books that all tell...
by TheRadicalAgenda | Jun 24, 2023 | Biographies, Books about Black History
William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad {William Still} This Man Saved the Stories of Formerly Enslaved People You might have heard that Harriet Tubman helped lead thousands of enslaved people to their freedom with the Underground...
by TheRadicalAgenda | Jun 16, 2023 | Biographies, Books about Black History
Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Reading these books is truly a gift. Stitch by Stitch introduces the world to Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly, and her story is truly remarkable. Born to enslaved parents, she started...