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Black Is Brown Is Tan

Page history last edited by Jane McManus 3 years, 9 months ago

Librarians have a responsibility when presenting materials. Please be mindful. "Do you want to be the teacher that introduced a racist author to a child, and be held with those memories? ...The nostalgia most people feel for both Curious George and Dr. Seuss are rooted in their own memories, and I love CG, but I won’t be perpetuating racism because impact > intention. We can’t really know what the authors intended, but 'when you know better, you do better.' Maya Angelou" (Neha Thakkar, Storytime Underground, 06/2020)


We shall overcome,

We shall overcome,

We shall overcome some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,

I do believe,

We shall overcome some day.

We’ll walk hand-in-hand

(repeat)

We shall live in peace.

(repeat)

Black and white together.

(repeat)…now!

              --Spring 1960—unofficial theme song of the Civil Rights movement

 

Black is brown is tan

Is girl    is boy

Is nose  is face

Is all the colors of the race

Is dark   is light

Singing songs in

Singing night

Kiss big woman

Hug big man

Black is brown is tan.

          --Arnold Adoff

BLACK IS BROWN IS TAN

 

Songs:

Follow the Drinking Gourd

If I Had a Hammer

I’m Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing

This Little Light of Mine

We Shall Overcome

 

Extras:  bookmarks (Black History)                                                                              

 

Books:

Follow the Drinking Gourd, Jeanette Winter, c.1988

Henry's Freedom Box, Ellen Levine, c.2007

Knoxville, Tennessee, Nikki Giovanni, c.1994

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