SOURCE- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS

A virtual book display created by Laura Cameron, education librarian, features relevant books, primary source materials, lesson plans, and regional resources for teachers. 

"This Black History Month, I encourage the University of Arkansas community to explore our virtual display highlighting just some of the books in the Children's Literature Collection that lift up the voices and stories of African Americans and the Black community," Cameron said. "The titles in our display this month range from disquieting (A Kids Books about Systemic Racism by Jordan Thierry) to surprising (Black Heroes of the Wild West by James Otis Smith), heart-wrenching (A Few Red Drops by Clair Hartfield) to uplifting (Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes). I hope that we are all able to find something to further our learning and growth, not just this month, but for all the months and years to come."

Additional titles featured in the display include R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford, winner of the 2020 Coretta Scott King Award, and Malcolm Little: The Boy who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X written by Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm's daughter.

COMMENTS:

• Trace the Black history with Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
• 1853 Black Memoir ' Twelve Years a Slave' by American Solomon Northup
• The Help by Kathyrn Stokett