We recognize the work and are so grateful for the wisdom offered by the following sources.
We thank them for their contributions.
And special thanks to Chrystal Sunshine,
who co-authored the first iteration of this theme for SHIFT Book Box.
References
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Bird, Elizabeth. “Review of the Day – Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham.” A Fuse 8 Production, http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2018/08/08/review-of-the-day-not-my-idea-a-book-about-whiteness-by-anastasia-higginbotham/. Accessed Feb 2019.
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Additional Readings
Martin Luther King (Bray & Zeldis)
We March (Evans)
Hey Black Child (Perkins & Collier)
Skin Again (Hooks & Raschka)
Let’s Talk About Race (Lester)
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told (Myers & Christensen)
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song (Pinkney and Pinkney)
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Pinkney & Pinkney)
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride (Pinkney & Pinkney)
Child of the Civil Rights Movement (Shelton & Colón)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement (Weatherford & Holmes)
Freedom in Congo Square (Weatherford & Christie)