A comprehensive, entertaining look at heroes, heroines, and critical
moments from African American history -- from the slave trade to the
Black Lives Matter movement -- by award-winning author Jabari Asim.
Jabari Asim goes beyond what's taught in the classroom to reveal a
fact-filled history of African American history through politics,
activism, sports, entertainment, music, and much more. You'll follow the
road to freedom beginning with the slave trade and the middle passage
through the abolitionist movement and the Civil War where many African
Americans fought as soldiers. You'll learn how slave songs often
contained hidden messages and how a 15-year-old Jamaican-born young man
named Clive Campbell helped to create hip-hop in the early 1970's.
You'll experience the passionate speeches, marches, and movements of the
Civil Rights era along with and the sacrifices of Martin Luther King,
Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers, and many others. Along the way there are
dozens of profiles of political trailblazers like Shirley Chisholm, the
first black women elected to Congress in 1968; dominants athletes like
Tiger Woods who, in 1995, was only the second African American to play
in a Master's Golf Tournament which he went on to win in 1997; popular
musicians like Miles Davis, one the most influential artists of the
twentieth century; and inspiring writers like Toni Morrison, the first
African American to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
Filled with beautiful illustrations by Lynn Gaines that bring these
figures and events to life, plus a removable historical timeline poster,
A Child's Introduction to African American History is a fascinating
and comprehensive guide to this often overlooked yet immensely important
part of American history.
