In support of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Rho Tau Omega Chapter – Warrenton, North Carolina, African American Read-in, The Heritage Quilters Giving Circle, Inc., proudly donates the following books:
Black Boy, Black Boy: Celebrate the Power of You by Ali Kamanda and Jorge Redmond Inspire Black boys to imagine all the great things they can do while celebrating remarkable moments from Black history! Dear boy, Black boy, I believe in you so. Let’s start your story―ready, set, go. ShopRuth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Strauss Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family’s new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could afford to buy cars, so this would be an adventure. But she soon found out that black travelers weren’t treated very well in some towns. Many hotels and gas stations refused service to black people. Daddy was upset about something called Jim Crow laws . . . Finally, a friendly attendant at a gas station showed Ruth’s family The Green Book. It listed all of the places that would welcome black travelers. With this guidebook—and the kindness of strangers—Ruth could finally make a safe journey from Chicago to her grandma’s house in Alabama. ShopWe Are Your Children, Too by P. O’Connell Pearson This revelatory and gripping nonfiction middle grade book explores a deeply troubling chapter in American history that is still playing out today: the strange case of Prince Edward County, Virginia, the only place in the United States to ever formally deny its citizens a public education, and the students who pushed back. ShopAnd We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems by Erica Martin A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout. Shop
