![]() ![]() Anthony, (Holiday House, 2012) provides young readers with an accessible story of Anthony’s life and accomplishments. ![]() Alexandra Wallner’s picture book biography, Susan B. Anthony books and begin reading aloud to the youngest generation. Teachers and librarians take notice, it’s time to break out the Susan B. Most could not tell me what she was known for or what she accomplished. I recently chatted with a group of students about Susan B. Anthony in the library, but I rarely see boys and girls checking them out for school projects or for pleasure reading. We own a number of biographies of Susan B. It’s surprising how many children in elementary school are not aware of Anthony’s contributions to women’s history. When I think about Women’s History Month, the name Susan B. Anthony, the first champion of women’s rights, and Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring triggered the environmental movement. The Nonfiction Detectives have the honor of contributing to KidLit’s celebration of Women’s History Month. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I still own the film rights to Coldest Winter Ever and I haven’t found the business package that I’m satisfied with yet. ![]() What are some of the challenges that you’ve dealt with as a Black female author? So I’m glad that other African authors are in the field of literature because I think it’s a good field to be in and I think it’s providing good choices for the readership. I think that every library and every bookstore can have such an incredible selection of books because I think different people connect to different things, characters, and they can have choices. I can just say that I’m happy that a lot of African people have been introduced⎯their writing has been introduced into the world of literature, which I think is excellent. If I pick up fiction it’s always has to be something that’s teaching me something that I don’t already know, so that’s kind of my criteria for my writing and my criteria for my own personal reading. I really love autobiographies and biographies and I love to read about foreign countries and languages and cultures, so that’s the heaviest concentration of my reading⎯nonfiction. Actually, I can’t give you a genuine feeling because I don’t read it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is precisely what troubles the young journalist, Yashica Dutt, who re-signifies Dalit lives and histories through her memoir of being a Dalit and experiencing Dalitness amidst her upper class-caste friends. ![]() Under the caste system, it is not only values of purity and impurity that are attributed to these tasks but even those who are forced to perform ‘demeaning’ manual labour, Dalits and Bahujans, are continuously and violently denied their dignity and freedom. It is well known that the caste system has hierarchically placed the mental labour performed mainly by the dominant castes such as Brahmins and few other savarna castes above the manual labour performed by Dalits and Bahujan castes. DR AMBEDKAR, IN his classic text Annihilation of Caste, observed that the caste system is not a division of labour but division of labourers. ![]() ![]() The book focuses on six historical figures and how they rose to their status and used their power for social justice, movements, to help their communities grow, and how they helped people of color to thrive. (description from Goodreads)īlack Fortunes follows the narratives of America’s first black millionaires. Between the years of 18, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of smart, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.Ī fresh, little-known chapter in the nation’s story-A blend of Hidden Figures, Titan, and The Tycoons-Black Fortunes illuminates the birth of the black business titan and the emergence of the black marketplace in America as never before. While Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Michael Jordan, and Will Smith are among the estimated 35,000 black millionaires in the nation today, these famous celebrities were not the first blacks to reach the storied one percent. ![]() The astonishing untold history of America’s first black millionaires-former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century, from the Jacksonian period to the Roaring Twenties-self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Page Length: 320 pages (hardcover edition) ![]() Book Review: “Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires” by Shomari Wills ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It feels forced to me - I know that is critical ( but hey it is my review) as he is a renowned writer. On the negative side his kitsch thematic is forced and often dreary and the story goes back and forth too much and his devise of commenting on his characters is bombastic at best. This book illustrates the pain everyone had to go through at this time - like all war stories it is v sad. Makes you think □ The historical Checz war angle is also fascinating - no wonder the author now lives in Paris and denies his Checz origins. On the plus side there is a profound philosophical element to this book and what he has to say about female/ male relationships is insightful and well written. Set in the 1960’s it is off its time and the views he expresses are now thankfully outdated and the world has changed for the better esp the treatment of females. Not sure if it was really worth the wait. I wanted to experience more of life to fully appreciate it as I knew it was considered a modern day classic. I have waited 20 years to listen to this book after rave reviews in the 80 & 90’s. Profound book but views now dated - worth reading all the same ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think the author also tackled the issue of immigration in detail which was great for readers like me who haven’t read a lot of books about the theme. The portrayal of his struggles with fitting in with his new adoptive family was well done. I like how the author tackled this issue showing how Deming struggled with identifying as Chinese and American. There are a number of heavy themes that are covered in the story such as cultural identity crisis. This is a sad story especially in its portrayal of the broken mother-son relationship. I felt detached to the characters and this affected my reading experience. I didn’t understand him and most of his actions. I enjoyed Polly’s narrations at least however, nothing worked for me as far as Deming was concerned. ![]() I found myself looking forward to her sections and especially to her narrations of life before the US.ĭespite enjoying the writing and the story, I didn’t like this book as much as I thought I would. Polly’s narrations were more moving perhaps because they were in first person unlike Deming’s. The story is narrated through a dual narrative by Polly and Deming. This is shapes the character of the boy who is constantly afraid of abandonment. The first chapter ends with Deming’s mother leaving him. ![]() The story begins with Deming and his mother Polly their little apartment in the Bronx. The Leavers by Lisa Ko is a beautiful, well-written immigrant story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While enforcing a blockade, the Philadelphia runs aground off Tripoli’s coast, and the entire crew of 300 is enslaved. America, young and desperate to defy tyranny, refuses the Bashaw’s extortion and ends up in an overseas hostage situation at a time when its fledgling navy boasts six ships in total. Bashaw Yussef is the ruler of Tripoli, controls the high seas and demands tributes from nations desiring safe passage for their vessels. The animalistic Barbary pirates, far from the swashbuckling Errol Flynn variety, provide ample villainy for Zacks’s ( The Pirate Hunter, 2002, etc.) recap of an obscure historical event. covert mission to overthrow a foreign nation. William Eaton, brash and defiant diplomat, is dispatched to Tripoli in 1805 by Thomas Jefferson to free 300 American hostages in what became the first U.S. ![]() ![]() Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment, sustainable energy, human rights, and peace in the Middle East. ![]() But this extraordinary document has never been made public-until now.īy carefully selecting the most illuminating and relevant entries, Carter has provided us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. The edited, annotated New York Times bestselling diary of President Jimmy Carter-filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy America and the world.Įach day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.Īny changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. ![]() For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here.Ĭhange the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. Tate reexamines the Whitman Massacre from the historian’s modern perspective and, to some extent, today’s. During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. The most significant take away I got from reading Cassandra Tate’s Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and its Shifting Legacy in the American West is the reality embraced by the idiom that we are a product of our time. ![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t think most people sitting at home actually are much bothered about these things either. The bits at PMQs I probably hear but the rest of it I don’t. Speaking on the plane to the G7 summit in Japan, Sunak said: “I haven’t really actually focused on it or seen all of it. One attack advert asks: “Do you think it’s right to raise taxes for working people when your family has benefited from a tax loophole? Rishi Sunak does.” Labour has also accused Sunak of being out of touch with ordinary people because of his family wealth. However, Sunak said people were not bothered by his wealth when reporters asked him if he gets upset by personal attacks on his family, such as Keir Starmer criticising him at prime minister’s questions for his wife’s non-dom tax status. The value of that stake has fallen, driving the drop in the couple’s fortunes. ![]() Murty owns a small stake in Infosys, a $64bn (£52bn) Indian IT firm co-founded by her billionaire father. ![]() It said Sunak, a former hedge fund manager, and his wife, Akshata Murty, had an estimated worth of about £529m, a fall from £730m in 2022. The new Sunday Times rich list estimated his family’s wealth had dropped by £200m in the past year because of a fall in the price of his wife’s shareholding. ![]() |