Ten Black Men Who Changed America - Perfect for Black History Month!
Title: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America Author: Andrea David Pinkney Illustrator: Brian Pinkney Copyright: 2012 Publisher: Disney Reading Level: 780L Genre: Nonfiction This book has won: The Coretta Scott King Award Summary: A winner of the Coretta Scott King award, this absolutely incredible book is perfect to incorporate into the classroom. Andrea David Pinkney provides us with rich and full of depth stories of ten black men who did, in fact, change America. This novel is absolutely perfect for a social studies class, and at the end of the book there is a very well made timeline, perfect for children to gain a better understanding of the content in the book and how important the accomplishes of these men are to our society. The ten men being focused on in this book are: Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X, and - of cou...