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Let It Shine (Hardcover) |
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Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 015201005X
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Description:
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Profiles of
ten African American women including Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and
Shirley Chisholm, whose courageous acts against oppression made them
leaders in the battle for civil rights and equality. |
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From Publishers Weekly
Pinkney (Silent Thunder) presents eloquent portraits of 10
intrepid African-American activists for the causes of
abolition, women's rights and civil rights. Exploring these
individuals' childhoods as well as their accomplishments as
adults, the author smoothly distills biographical
information so as to hold the attention of young readers.
Her selection of subjects includes the prominent (Sojourner
Truth, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Shirley Chisholm) as
well as such lesser-knowns as Fannie Lou Hamer, an
indefatigable campaigner for African-Americans' right to
vote. Pinkney's writing is spiced with colloquialisms ("She
didn't shy back for nobody," she says of Sojourner Truth)
and useful imagery (describing this same crusader's delivery
of her renowned "Ain't I a woman?" speech, the author notes,
"She was the only black woman in the place, and when she
stepped to the pulpit, some folks looked at her like she was
a stain on their purest linens"). Featuring creatively
skewed perspective and proportion, Alcorn's (I, Too, Sing
America) oil paintings offer allegorical interpretations of
his subjects' lives. Ages 8-up. (Sept.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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