Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

Hand in Hand presents the stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully-drawn narratives offering the subjects' childhood influences, the time and place in which they lived, their accomplishments and motivations, and the legacies they left for future generations as links in the "freedom chain." This book will be the definitive family volume on the subject, punctuated with dynamic full color portraits and spot illustrations by two-time Caldecott Honor winner and multiple Coretta Scott King Book Award recipient Brian Pinkney. Backmatter includes a civil rights timeline, sources, and further reading.

Profiled:
Benjamin Banneker
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
A. Philip Randolph
Thurgood Marshall
Jackie Robinson
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr
Barack H. Obama II

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 10/23/2012
ISBN: 9781423142577
Pages: 256
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.60w x 0.90d
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 10/01/2012 pg. 98
Shelf Awareness 11/02/2012
School Library Journal 11/01/2012 pg. 124
New York Times Book Review 11/11/2012 pg. 22
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2012 pg. 73
New York Times Book Review 11/18/2012 pg. 26
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2012 pg. 33
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2013 pg. 257
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2013 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2013 pg. 107
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 177 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 155785 / Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
Reading Level: 7.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 12