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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