Andrew Maraniss’ Strong Inside, which chronicles the career of Perry Wallace, the first African-American college basketball player in the south, and serves an important role in facilitating campus and community discussions around racial tensions in the US, is now available in YA format.
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February 14, 2017
YA Version of Maraniss’ Strong Inside Opens Civil Rights Story to Middle Schoolers
Also posted in Andrew Maraniss, Dana Johnson, Elsewhere California, Glory Over Everything, Grant Park, James Edward Mills, kathleen grissom, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Leonard Pitts, LitBits, Mourner's Bench, Sanderia Faye, Strong Inside, The Adventure Gap, The Condemnation of Blackness
Tagged Andrew Maraniss, Basketball, Black History Month, civil rights, Race Relations, Racism, Sports, Strong Inside
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February 2, 2017
Leonard Pitts: Gentle Demeanor with a Tough Message
As divisive messages filter down from our new administration, colleges and communities are hurriedly working to balance it with discourse about embracing the current situation of race relations in America and nurturing a community of diversity and kindness. With “a gentle demeanor,” Leonard Pitts, Jr. delivers a “tough message that we all need to hear.”
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Also posted in Andrew Maraniss, Dana Johnson, Elsewhere California, Grant Park, James Edward Mills, John Lewis, John Lewis, Leonard Pitts, LitBits, March 3, Mourner's Bench, Sanderia Faye, Strong Inside, The Adventure Gap
Tagged Black History Month, Grant Park, Leonard Pitts, Race Relations, Social Justice
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Sanderia Faye’s Mourner’s Bench More Relevant Than Ever
Now more than ever before, it’s important to get the conversations going about Black History and the future of racism in America. Sanderia Faye’s Mourner’s Bench is an ideal choice to help navigate these conversations.
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Tagged 1960s, Black History Month, civil rights, Racism
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