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January 11,2006
Books to Celebrate
The King Holiday
Knowledge is Power:
/ liked to read books anyway
and my mother taught me to read
even before I began school. Mostly
the little stories that they had in
school books and fairy tales, such
as Little Red Riding Hood, and
those stories, just what they had
fo r young children...it's very
important. And I always liked to
read, especially historic books. /
still do like to read. -RosaParks
“when a black man is doing good...
...that means the city is doing good”
Coretta Scott King award winners
In celebration o f the life and ach iev e­
m ents o f civil rights leader Dr. M artin
Luther King Jr., the A m erican Library
A ssociation annually honors A frican
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m erican authors and illustrators o f out-
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standing books for children and young
adults that dem onstrate sensitivity to “the
true worth and value of all beings” with the
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"Remember: The Journey to School Integration, ” by Toni Morrison.
A F R IC A N -A M E R IC A N
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C oretta Scott King award.
The first presentation was in 1970 to
L illie Patterson, author o f “ Dr. M artin
Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace.”
One way parents and family members can
celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on
Monday, Jan. 16 is by sharing the award­
winning books from the past five years:
OF C O M M E R C E
“Ellington Was Not a Street, ” Illustration by Kadir A. Nelson; text by Ntozake Shange.
"The First Part Last, ” by Angela Johnson.
I t’s not Just Membership...
It’s True Involvement In Your Community
"Beautiful Blackbird, ” by Ashley Bryan.
Visit our website at: WWW.BLACKCHAMBER.INFO
"Talkin' About Bessie’ The Story o f Aviator Elizabeth Coleman, ”
Illustration by E. B. Lewis.
"Bronx Masquerade, ” by Nikki Grimes.
"The Land, ” fry Mildred
Taylor.
“Goin ’ Someplace Special, ”
Illustration by Jerry Pinkney;
text by Patricia McKissack.
"Miracle's Boys, ” fry
Jacqueline Woodson.
"Uptown, ” fry Bryan Collier
(Henry Holt).
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™ The question is not
whether we will be
extremist but what
kind o f extremist will
we be.
-Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In his “le tte r
from Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963