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The people remember / by Ibi Zoboi ; illustrated by Loveis Wise.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 64 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062915641
  • 0062915649
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973/.0496073 23
  • 394.2612 23
LOC classification:
  • E185 .Z63 2021
Awards:
  • Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2022
Summary: This book tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It begins in Africa, where people were taken from their homes and families. They spoke different languages and had different customs. Yet they were bound and chained together and forced onto ships sailing into an unknown future. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that combined their memories of home with new traditions that enabled them to thrive in this new land. This is a story young readers can visit over and over again to deepen their understanding of African American history in relation to their own lives and to social justice movements. By turns powerful and revealing, this is a lyrical narrative that tells the story of survival, as well as the many moments of joy, celebration, and innovation of Black people in America. -- Description from Amazon.
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Book Ayers NFIC 973.0496 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available The 2023 Diversity Audit is supported and partially funded by a generous grant from the Beverly Education Foundation 407942

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This book tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It begins in Africa, where people were taken from their homes and families. They spoke different languages and had different customs. Yet they were bound and chained together and forced onto ships sailing into an unknown future. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that combined their memories of home with new traditions that enabled them to thrive in this new land. This is a story young readers can visit over and over again to deepen their understanding of African American history in relation to their own lives and to social justice movements. By turns powerful and revealing, this is a lyrical narrative that tells the story of survival, as well as the many moments of joy, celebration, and innovation of Black people in America. -- Description from Amazon.

Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2022