In this New York Times Notable Children's Book and winner of the
Coretta Scott King Author Award, follow the life stories of ten Black
men in American history and the legacies they left that forever changed
the country.
Hand in Hand presents the stories of ten men from different eras in
American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from
slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully-drawn
narratives offering the subjects' childhood influences, the time and
place in which they lived, their accomplishments and motivations, and
the legacies they left for future generations as links in the "freedom
chain." This book will be the definitive family volume on the subject,
punctuated with dynamic full color portraits and spot illustrations by
two-time Caldecott Honor winner and multiple Coretta Scott King Book
Award recipient Brian Pinkney. Backmatter includes a civil rights
timeline, sources, and further reading.
Profiled:
- Benjamin Banneker
- Frederick Douglass
- Booker T. Washington
- W.E.B. DuBois
- A. Philip Randolph
- Thurgood Marshall
- Jackie Robinson
- Malcolm X
- Martin Luther King, Jr
- Barack H. Obama II