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Tell all the children our story : memories and mementos of being young and Black in America / Tonya Bolden.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection E185.86 .B633 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolden, Tonya, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American children--History--Juvenile literature.
- African American children.
- African American children--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.
- African American children--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- United States--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--History.
- Race relations.
- African American children--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Young adult nonfiction.
- Literature.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bolden, Tanya (autograph) (Banks copy)
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [2001]
- Summary:
- Reveals the history of African American children--from the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown, Virginia, to the present day--through historical documents, journal entries, news articles, and interviews.
- Contents:
- Out of Africa
- Longing for the Jubilee
- Lift every voice and sing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Banks Collection copy: original Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks; this copy was heavily damaged by mold and deaccessioned in 2022. Current replacement Banks copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Bookfever with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund. Presentation volume to Stephanie from Tonya Bolden 6/16/02. Dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0810944960
- 9780810944961
- OCLC:
- 46564681
- Online:
- The John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund Home Page
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