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African Americans and the Arts: Books for children

The theme for 2024 is "African Americans and the Arts." From the ASALH website, "African American art is infused with African, Caribbean, and the Black American lived experiences. In the fields of visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural expression the African American influence has been paramount. African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment. Artistic and cultural movements such as the New Negro, Black Arts, Black Renaissance, hip-hop, and Afrofuturism, have been led by people of African descent and set the standard for popular trends around the world. In 2024, we examine the varied history and life of African American arts and artisans."

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25 items

  • Children's fiction
    Book, 2021Minneapolis, Minnesota : Calico Kid, [2021] — Children's Fiction Book
  • Radiant Child

    the Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Steptoe, Javaka, 1971-
    Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2016New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Strange Fruit

    Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song

    Golio, Gary
    Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2017Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2017] — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2004New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • We Can

    Portraits of Power

    Gordon, Tyler
    Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2021New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2016New York, New York : Puffin Books, [2016]. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2021London : Thames & Hudson Ltd ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2021. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2023Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Lake Press, Cherry Lake Publishing Group, [2023] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • In Her Hands

    the Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage

    Schroeder, Alan
    Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2009New York : Lee & Low Books, c2009. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Children's fiction
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, [2018] — Children's Fiction Book
  • Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!

    Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

    Bolden, Tonya
    Children's nonfiction
    Book, 2023New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Children's fiction
    Book, 2023New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023. — Children's Fiction Book
  • The Green Piano

    How Little Me Found Music

    Flack, Roberta
    Easy nonfiction
    Book, 2023New York : Anne Schwartz Books, 2023. — Easy Nonfiction Book
  • Easy fiction
    Book, 2015Los Angeles : Disney * Hyperion Books, 2015. — Easy Picture Book
  • Parker Looks Up

    An Extraordinary Moment

    Curry, Parker
    Easy fiction
    Book, 2019New York : Aladdin, 2019. — Easy Picture Book
  • Easy fiction
    Book, 2021[Los Angeles, California] : Hightree Publishing, [2021] — Easy Picture Book
  • Easy fiction
    Book, 2023New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023] — Easy Picture Book
  • Easy nonfiction
    Book, 2010New York : Little, Brown, 2010. — Easy Nonfiction Book