A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies' Book

by Dianne Johnson-Feelings (Editor), Jonda C. McNair (Editor), Rudine Sims Bishop (Foreword by)

Overview

A celebration of the beloved and consequential children's magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496841230
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	10/21/2022
Series:	Children's Literature Association Series
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Dianne Johnson-Feelings is professor of English at the University of South Carolina. She has dedicated her career to recovering the history of African American children's literature. As Dinah Johnson she is author of several picture books including Black Magic and H Is for Harlem. Jonda C. McNair is the Charlotte S. Huck Endowed Professor of Children's Literature at The Ohio State University. She specializes in children's books written by and about African Americans. McNair served as chair of the 2021 John Newbery Award Selection Committee and as a past chair of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee.

Editorial Reviews

★ 02/01/2023

"To make them familiar with the history and achievements of the Negro race" and "To make colored children realize that being ‘colored' is a beautiful, normal thing." That was the impetus behind the informal children's counterpart to NAACP's The Crisis. In addition to the essays examining the context and impact of The Brownies' Book, the foundational publication of Black children's literature in the United States, this collection also reproduces the full first and last issues, from January 1920 to December 1921. Essays explore identity and empowerment of Black children and the impact of diverse literary representations. They also explore conversations around Afrofuturism and critical race theory. This rich volume is a celebration, indeed! Rudine Sims Bishop wrote the foreword. It features over 70 black-and-white images. VERDICT Revelatory and illuminating, this is a must-purchase.—Jen McConnel

School Library Journal

A Centennial Celebration of 'The Brownies' Book' provides an important, celebratory context for the activist, antiracist, and joyful efforts manifested in The Brownies' Book. A timely and essential publication.--Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, author of Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color

This rich volume is a celebration, indeed! . . . Revelatory and illuminating, this is a must-purchase.--Jen McConnel "School Library Journal"

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