Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change
by Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon, Pat Cummings, Shadra Strickland, A.G. Ford, Bryan Collier, E.B. Lewis, R. Gregory Christie, Charlotte Riley-Webb, James Ransome, Frank Morrison, Eric Velásquez, Michelle Cook, Cozbi Cabrera
About this book
Rosa sat soMartin could march.Martin marched soBarack could run.Barack ran soOur children can soar.This is the seed of a unique and inspirational picture book text, that is part historical, part poetry, and entirely inspirational. It symbolically takes the reader through the cumulative story of the US Civil Rights Movement, showing how select pioneers' achievements led up to this landmark moment, when we have elected our first black President.Each historical figure is rendered by a different award-winning African-American children's book illustrator, representing the singular and vibrant contribution that each figure made.Lending historical substance, the back matter includes brief biographies of: George Washington Carver, Jesse Owens, Hattie McDaniel, Ella Fitzgerald, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama.
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