by TheRadicalAgenda | Jun 15, 2023 | Biographies, Women in Politics
Turning Pages: My Life Story {Sonia Sotomayor} The First Latina Supreme Court Justice Ever since we read the story of Wong Kim Ark and my children noticed that the Supreme Court at that time was “all white men, Mom!” my kids have been fascinated with...
by TheRadicalAgenda | Jun 14, 2023 | Biographies
Let The Truth Be Told {Ida B. Wells} Ida B. Wells was a Powerhouse Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told by Walter Dean Myers is one of our new favorite books, both because Ida B. Wells was an absolute powerhouse of a woman and also because it helped my children place...
by TheRadicalAgenda | Jun 12, 2023 | Biographies, LGBTQ+ History
Rob Kearney is the First Openly Gay Strongman Rob Kearney is the First Openly Gay Strongman Every time we read a book about a real person, my youngest’s first question is, “Mom, are they still alive?” I noticed he pays much more attention when the...
by TheRadicalAgenda | Jun 2, 2023 | Biographies, Books about Black History
Opal Lee And What it Means to be Free Opal Lee Helped Make Juneteenth a National Holiday In Opal Lee and What it Means to be Free, Opal Lee remembers her grandfather’s stories of growing up just after the Emancipation Proclamation and the earliest Juneteenth...
by TheRadicalAgenda | May 20, 2023 | Biographies
The Escape of Robert Smalls: A Daring Voyage Out of Slavery Robert Smalls Bravely Escaped Enslavement by Stealing a Boat I think every week we read a book about a person with a story I either never learned about in school or didn’t learn this part of their...
by TheRadicalAgenda | Oct 8, 2022 | Biographies
Thurgood by Jonah Winter {Thurgood Marshall} Thurgood Marshall – From Arguing Before the Supreme Court to Sitting on it Short version of this review: we loved Thurgood by Jonah Winter and Bryan Collier. Another influential American whose story I never learned...
