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I'm looking for historical people from the AA culture to research and share with my AD. She's 7 and we are just starting to talk about famous AA people in history. We've been reading books about a few people but I'm looking for a few more suggestions.
We've learned about:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Fredric Douglas
The Obamas
Do any of you have any other suggestions of people I should look for reading material about?
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There are a series of books that my kids enjoyed at that age called "Famous Black Authors" "Famous Black Scientists" "Famous Black Inventors" etc. here are some other links [url=http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/]The Top Ten African-American Inventors | Scholastic.com[/url][url=http://www.amazon.ca/African-American-Inventors-Richard-Sullivan/dp/0471148040/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1356899580&sr=8-3]African American Inventors: Amazon.ca: Otha Richard Sullivan: Books[/url][url=http://urbanext.illinois.edu/bhm/historyforkids.html]African American History For Kids - Black History Month - University of Illinois Extension[/url]The lists are really endless :)
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Wow, Jen thanks for the great resource suggestions! I have followed your blog for several years and you inspire me on my multicultural adoption journey. I have been looking through so many resources for good materials to share with H. I want materials that she can understand as well as materials that uplifts and encourages her as a young black woman in the making. I don't want to sugarcoat anything, but we're just getting started and she's only 7. I also don't want to scare her. It 's my job as her mom to decide what to expose her to when, but that's hard when I'm trying to teach her about something I only have a limited understanding of myself.
[url=http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/thumbnail/id/236/uid/44]American Girl Addy Doll Books[/url] I know it seems silly, but the American Girls series of books on "Addy" are also really quite good -- and fairly historically accurate yet still appropriate for a young girl. Your daughter might enjoy them :)glad you enjoyed the blog. :)
George Washington Carver might be an especially good one, for a seven year old. Vivien Thomas might be good, and maybe Josephine Baker. In fact, Josephine had a dream of having a family that included every race, and adopted quite a few children of various races. She had a dream that society would not accept, at the time. We are so fortunate that we live now!As far as Frederick Douglass, did you know that his second wife was white? After his first wife and mother of his children had died, he married the white woman who had worked as his secretary through many years of his work in abolishing slavery. I was really happy when I learned that, because I saw it as a sign that he would have approved of families like ours.
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[url=http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/thumbnail/id/236/uid/44]American Girl Addy Doll Books[/url]
I know it seems silly, but the American Girls series of books on "Addy" are also really quite good -- and fairly historically accurate yet still appropriate for a young girl. Your daughter might enjoy them :)
glad you enjoyed the blog. :)
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I have a little boy so most of the notable AAs that I know of are soldiers or inventors. However, I do about Madame CJ Walker. She was the 1st black woman to become a millionaire. She did this in the 1900's. She invented her own line of haircare products and skin care. She was also an activist for women's rights and racial equality. You should go*ogle her.
I'm sure my son will get the Zora treatment from my wife eventually as Zora Neale Hurston has been one of my wifes favorite authors forever, and long before our little guy showed up.If I was going to start somewhere with an AA daughter, I'd start with Zoraplenty of children's books connections involved and her books are well worth growing into as your daughter gets older.[url=http://zoranealehurston.com/]Zora Neale Hurston - Home[/url][url=http://zoranealehurston.com/childrens-books/]Zora Neale Hurston - Children's Books[/url][url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0547006950]Zora!: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston: Dennis Brindell Fradin, Judith Bloom Fradin: 9780547006956: Amazon.com: Books[/url]An amazing womanAlmost forgot this one. It's a children's novel with Zora as a main character. I bought it for my wife's Zora collection[url=http://www.amazon.com/Zora-Me-Victoria-Bond/dp/0763658146]Zora and Me: Victoria Bond, T.R. Simon: 9780763658144: Amazon.com: Books[/url]
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There is also a great new book called, What Color Is My World that gives profiles of many African American scientists and inventors. It's very readable and interesting and shows just how many of the things we use in daily life were either invented or improved upon by African American inventors.
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while I'm Cuban and am not even tan in the least....I do remember vividly my favorite book from age 7 1/2-11 (I was an early reader and read chapter books from an early age) was a book on the underground railroad and Harriet Tubman. I loved her, thought she was brave and just adored that book so much it is in shambles now in my parent's storage box in their garage. I think Harriet Tubman is a great role model for girls.
I also enjoyed reading a book on the life of Booker T. Washington. I remember being in awe.
You already have so many good resources. Have fun :)
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I've been reading my daughter some books about Martin Luther King this week that I found at the library, they're real simple & focus on the good things he did & don't go into how he got killed which might be scary for little kids. One is called "Martin's Dream" & the other one is called "Martin Luther King Jr. Day."