We Troubled the Waters

Informationen zum Autor Ntozake Shange is a celebrated poet and author of many novels and plays, including the Obie Award-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf , which was made into a feature film. Ms. Shange is also the author of several children’s books, including the Coretta Scott King Award-winning book Ellington Was Not a Street , illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Rod Brown is a fine artist and the illustrator of We Troubled the Waters by Ntozake Shange, and From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. His artwork has been displayed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and on the Nickelodeon program Nick News with Linda Ellerbee , among other places. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Rod lives with his wife in a suburb of Washington, DC. Klappentext Jim Crow; Brown v. Board of Education; Bull Connor; KKK; Birmingham; the Lorraine Motel; Rosa; Martin; and Malcolm. From slavery to the separation of "colored" and "white" and from horrifying oppression to inspiring courage, there are countless stories?both forgotten and immortalized?of everyday and extraordinary people who acted for justice during the civil rights movement that changed our nation. Award-winning poet Ntozake Shange and illustrator Rod Brown give voice to all those who fought for their unalienable rights in a triumphant book about the power of the human spirit. Zusammenfassung Jim Crow; Brown v. Board of Education ; Bull Connor; KKK; Birmingham; the Lorraine Motel; Rosa; Martin; and Malcolm. From slavery to the separation of "colored" and "white" and from horrifying oppression to inspiring courage! there are countless stories—both forgotten and immortalized—of everyday and extraordinary people who acted for justice during the civil rights movement that changed our nation. Award-winning poet Ntozake Shange and illustrator Rod Brown give voice to all those who fought for their unalienable rights in a triumphant book about the power of the human spirit. ...

Product details

• Authors: Ntozake Shange, Ntozake/ Brown Shange, Shange Ntozake
• Assisted by: Rod Brown (Illustration), Brown Rod (Illustration), Ntozake Shange (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 10
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2009
• EAN: 9780061337352
• ISBN: 978-0-06-133735-2
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Fiction > Poetry, drama; United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Poetry / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Activity Books / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Historical, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Science & Nature / History of Science, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / State & Local, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Games & Activities / General, Relating to African American / Black American people