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ICYMI: The Last Week in Black Writing and Culture (9/3 – 9/9)
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"ICYMI: The Last Week in Black Writing and Culture (9/3 – 9/9)," History of Black Writing (blog),
, https://hbw.ku.edu/blog/icymi-last-week-black-writing-and-culture-93-99
From Dashka Slater over at Mother Jones, comes another think piece about the lack of diversity in children’s literature and the ever present need to address the problem. Learn more about the piece at The Uncomfortable Truth About Children’s Books
Remembering the victims of the September. 11th attacks, a number of new young adult novels are teaching this moment in history to an audience that was not born yet. Award winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes is back with Towers Falling. Head over to A Wave of 9/11 Novels Seeks a New Audience: the Young Reader and Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened to explore this novel and teaching tragedy to a young audience.
[KU Common Book] author Ta-Nehisi Coates talks “Black Panther” and his hope that the Marvel series extends beyond his original 12-issue installment. Read more about it at Ta-Nehisi Coates on Writing ‘Black Panther’: ‘It’s Still Essentially Playing’
Check out the #ColinKaepernickSyllabus for a collection of texts discussing the Black athlete and protest tradition.