Volume 3, Issue 4. 1971
Themes:
historical misrepresentation and suppression; minority publishers; Native Americans, imperialism; cultural discrimination
Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:
Ray Anthony Shepard, Kerstin Stjarne, Albert V. Schwartz
Materials Reviewed:
Chronicles of American Indian Protest by Council on Interracial Books for Children. Amazon /
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Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats. Amazon /
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A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats. Amazon /
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Hi Cat! by Ezra Jack Keats. Amazon /
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Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats. Amazon /
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Stevie by John Steptoe. Amazon /
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Uptown by John Steptoe. Amazon /
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Train Ride by John Steptoe. Amazon /
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The Cay by Theodore Taylor. Amazon /
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Materials Highlighted:
Warball by Ray Anthony Shepard
Jimmy Yellow Hawk by Virginia Driving and Hawk Sneve
I am Magic by Juan Valenzuela
The City by Douglas Staton
The Path to Snowbird Mountain by Traveller Bird
The Boy Who Invented Cowboy Boots by Gerald Lopez and Armando Rendon
Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes by Charlamae H. Rollins
The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 by Carter G. Woodson
The Negro in Our History by Carter G. Woodson
The History of the Black Church in the United States by Carter G. Woodson
Chicano Manifesto by Armando Rendon
Keywords:
textbooks, historical misrepresentation and suppression, white authors, Publisher's Weekly, liberation struggles, Loretta Barrett, Cheryl Chisholm, Stan Steiner National Indian Short Story Awards, George Ford, Spanish, Coretta Scott King Award, theater, stereotypes, Rosa Lee Nash, Association of American Publishers, minority publishers, Minority Publishers' Committee, Congressional Black Caucus, Black Writers' Workshop, Anne Crittendon, Alfred E. Prettyman, Charles A. Wesley, racism, ad hoc committee on Minority Publishing, publisher loans, Association of Negro Life, Associated Publishers, Carter G. Woodson, Rayford Logan, Joseph Okpaku, Third Press, Inc., Cortland Cox, Drum and Spear Press, Black publishers, Jeannette Henry, Indian Historian Press, Native Americans, imperialism, Puerto Rico, textbooks, Grupo Proyecto, cultural discrimination, Little Black Sambo, Scandinavia, book lists, bilingual education, Black language, Children's Art Workshop, mass media, Caldecott Award