We Are the Change
Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders ; with an Introduction by Harry Belafonte
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: 50 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Sixteen award-winning children's book artists illustrate the civil rights quotations that inspire them in this stirring and beautiful book. Featuring an introduction by Harry Belafonte, words from Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. among others, this inspirational collection sets a powerful example for generations of young leaders to come. It includes illustrations by Selina Alko, Alina Chau, Lisa Congdon, Emily Hughes, Molly Idle, Juana Medina, Innosanto Nagara, Christopher Silas Neal, John Parra, Brian Pinkney, Greg Pizzoli, Sean Qualls, Dan Santat, Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, and Raúl the Third.
Contents:
Sonia Sotomayor / John Parra -- Gwendolyn Brooks / Juana Medina -- Dolores Huerta / Raúl the Third -- John Lewis / Dan Santat -- Nina Simone / Shadra Strickland -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Brian Pinkney -- E. B. White / Melissa Sweet -- Queen Lili'uokalani / Emily Hughes -- Frederick Douglass / Lisa Congdon -- Maya Angelou / Sean Qualls -- Khalil Gibran / Innosanto Nagara -- Barack Obama / Christopher Silas Neal -- Helen Keller / Alina Chau -- Maya Angelou / Selina Alko -- Eleanor Roosevelt / Molly Idle -- W. E. B. Du Bois / Greg Pizzoli.
Subjects:
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Quotations, maxims, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Social change -- United States -- Quotations, maxims, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Conduct of life -- Quotations, maxims, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Quotations -- Juvenile literature.
Social reformers -- United States -- Quotations -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Quotations, maxims, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Social change -- United States -- Quotations, maxims, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Conduct of life -- Quotations, maxims, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Quotations -- Juvenile literature.
Social reformers -- United States -- Quotations -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781452170398
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Alk | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Alk | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/28/2024) |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Alk | Ballentine Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Alk | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Alk | North Main | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Alk | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/31/2024) |