Scarecrow Press
Pages: 336
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-8108-5843-5 • Hardback • October 2007 • $89.00 • (£68.00)
Rose Casement is associate dean of education at the University of Michigan-Flint.
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 1. Africans in the Americas before Colonization
Chapter 4 2. The Beginning of Slavery in the New World
Chapter 5 3. African Americans and the Beginning of a New Nation
Chapter 6 4. Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad, and the Voice of Frederick Douglass
Chapter 7 5. The Civil War Era
Chapter 8 6. Hope and Reconstruction after the Civil War
Chapter 9 7. A Land of Promise: Exploring and Settling the West
Chapter 10 8. New Laws, Old Racism: The Jim Crow Years
Chapter 11 9. Gaining Community, Gaining Voice: The Harlem Renaissance, the Negro Baseball League, and War
Chapter 12 10. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Struggle for Civil Rights
Chapter 13 11. Telling It Like It Is: Stories of Today
Chapter 14 12. Selection and Inclusion of Children's Literature about American History: A Critique
Chapter 15 13. Outstanding Authors and Illustrators of Children's Literature
Part 16 Glossary
Part 17 Credits
Part 18 Index
Part 19 About the Author
This meticulous and thoughtful volume offers a capable overview of this key American history....a scrupulous and well-considered volume that's useful as a resource and as a thought-provoking exploration of history for young people.
— The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, February 2008
Putting this eminently accessible book into the hands of teachers should greatly increase the use of accurate books about African Americans and help to identify and pass on a more truthful historical picture than most of us were given in school.
— School Library Journal, 4/1/2008
This educational resource provides an introduction to historical periods and an annotated bibliography of children's literature that would be useful for teaching topics in Black history to a youthful audience.
— 2008; Unitarian Universalist Association Of Congregations
This interface between history and literature will help teachers to present U.S. history from the African American perspective, and initiate classroom discussions about race and social justice in current U.S. society. Recommended.
— 2008; CHOICE