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Carol’s Corner Reviews The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights
I am also a Christian however unlike Carol, I’m not a bible reading hard-praying christian, so am always a bit sceptical when I come across religious books particularily for kids. That being said I do think it’s important to expose children to different ideas, beliefs, cultures etc, so based on what Carol has to say about this book, I definately think I need to get myself a copy. Read here for more.I am a Christian. A Jesus-loving, Bible reading, hard-praying Christian. I don’t talk about it a lot on my blog, well, because this blog is not about my Christianity, it’s about books, mostly children’s books. And I don’t like childrend’s books, in fact I intensely dislike children’s books, that are preachy or sappy or moralistic or cutesy, which is how I would describe many Christian children’s books. This morning, though, I read a book that I have to review, and that I want to give to all of my Christian friends, and my pastor. Because it’s one that every Christian should read. But it’s also a book I’d love to give to the fifth grade and sixth grade social studies teachers at my school. Or my high school son’s African American literature or history teachers. Or actually just about anyone who loves books or American history or children or Jesus.
THE BEATITUDES: FROM SLAVERY TO CIVIL RIGHTS by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Tim Ladwig, follows the history of Blacks in America through some key events in American history: the Middle Passage of slaves from Africa, the founding of the Black A.M.E. churches, the US Colored Troops who fought to end slavery during the Civil War, the building of Negro Colleges, Marian Anderson on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial , Rosa Parks, Emmett Till, the Freedom Riders, Martin Luther King, Jr. Ruby Bridges, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Barack Obama. The story is narrated, however, by God. Listen to the first page:
“I am the Lord your God.
I was with the Africans who were torn
from the Motherland and cramped in holds of ships
on the Middle Passage from Africa to the Americas.
I heard them chant: Kum ba ya, kum ba ya.”
Or the last page:
“I was with your ancestors and I will be with your offspring,
standing on the side of justice.
Even now, I am with the downtrodden
and with those who seek uplift.
I am holy water in the stream of humanity.
Drink, bathe, and be free.”
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- The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights by Carol Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Tim Ladwig
EAN: 9780802853523
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