Title: Young,
Gifted And Black
Author: Jamia
Wilson
Illustrations: Andrea
Pippins
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN: 9781786031587
Review:
Author Jamia Wilson and illustrator
Andrea Pippins created this book to share experiences of black changemakers in
the hope to inspire a generation to move forward and change the world. Readers
will discover people in many professions from around the globe who have paved
the way, utilizing strength and endurance for the next generation and also inspiring
them to reach for the stars.
At age 12, Mathew Alexander
Henson, worked on a merchant boat because he wanted adventure. In 1890 he
joined Robert Peary to explore the artic. Cathy Freeman is the sixth fastest
woman of all time. She made history when she competed in the Olympics as the
first indigenous Australian. Author Toni Morrison was the first African
American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. When she was in the
first grade, she was the only black child in the class and also the only child
in her class that could read. Sir Sidney Poitier was the first African American
to win an Academy Award for best actor. While working odd jobs he discovered a
flyer about opportunities at the American Negro Theater.
Readers will find many
interesting heroes and people who’ve paved the way for so many of us. Parents
and teachers can use this as a tool to teach and inspire young learners about
what it takes to become a hero and also to embrace history. Readers can also be
fearless when it comes to following their own dreams.
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