Diverse American history books about all the people and events in history you didn’t learn about in school.
What Was the Trail of Tears? In 1828, someone discovered gold in Cherokee territory. On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed The Indian Removal Act. This act basically informed Native Americans that the United States purchased the land east of the Mississippi River and the Native Americans were “free to move” to somewhere across…
Emmett Till What Happened to Emmett Till? In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten, shot in the head, and thrown in a river with an old cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. Who was responsible for this violence? Emmett Till lived in Chicago, Illinois, but was in Money, Mississippi visiting family….
Hidden Figures: Brave Women in STEM Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margo Lee Shetterly is a great kids’ version of the 2016 hit movie Hidden Figures. My kids really don’t appreciate movies that aren’t superheroes or comedy yet, so even though the movie is rated PG, they…
