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13 American artists children should know
Brief biographies of American artists along with reproductions of their works, timelines, and a glossary of art-related terms.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen
In the 1940s, folks at bars and restaurants would gather
around a Panoram movie machine to watch three-minute films called
Soundies, precursors to today's music videos. This history was all
but forgotten until the digital era brought Soundies to phones and
computer screens-including a YouTube clip starring a 102-year-old
Harlem dancer watching her younger self perform in
Soundies.
In Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on
Screen: One Dime at a Time , Susan Delson takes a deeper look
at these fascinating films by focusing on the role of Black
performers in this little-known genre. She highlights the women
performers, like Dorothy Dandridge, who helped shape Soundies,
while offering an intimate look at icons of the age, such as Duke
Ellington and Nat King Cole. Using previously unknown archival
materials-including letters, corporate memos, and courtroom
testimony-to trace the precarious path of Soundies, Delson presents
an incisive pop-culture snapshot of race relations during and just
after World War II.
Perfect for readers interested in film, American history, the
World War II era, and Black entertainment history, Soundies and
the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen and its
companion video website (susandelson.com) bring the important
contributions of these Black artists into the spotlight once
again.
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Our story begins : your favorite authors and illustrators share fun, inspiring, and occasionally ridiculous things they wrote and drew as kids
From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today's foremost children's authors and illustrators--revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.
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Updating a Classic: Progressive Hollywood’s Take on West Side Story
The paper addresses the paradoxes of Steven Spielberg’s and Tony Kushner’s West Side Story (2021), a film that reframes the story of the classic 1957 stage musical and, inevitably, its point of reference for the new film. After a brief discussion of the most problematic issues at the heart of the 1957 musical, the paper will analyse the 2021 West Side Story, challenging the rewriters’ claim that their intention was to provide the musical with a deeper significance and a more historically informed, ethnically sensitive, and progressive reimagining of the original.
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Art from her heart : folk artist Clementine Hunter
Story of folk artist Clementine Hunter, a self-taught artist, who captured scenes of backbreaking work and southern farm life.
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Freedom Song
Melding memorable music and inspiring history, Freedom Song presents a fresh perspective on the civil rights movement by showing how songs of hope, faith, and freedom strengthened the movement and served as its voice. In this eye-opening account, you'll discover how churches and other groups--from the SNCC Freedom Singers to the Chicago Children's Choir--transformed music both religious and secular into electrifying anthems that furthered the struggle for civil rights.
From rallies to marches to mass meetings, music was ever-present in the movement. People sang songs to give themselves courage and determination, to spread their message to others, to console each other as they sat in jail. The music they shared took many different forms, including traditional spirituals once sung by slaves, jazz and blues music, and gospel, folk, and pop songs. Freedom Song explores in detail the galvanizing roles of numerous songs, including \"Lift Every Voice and Sing,\" \"The Battle of Jericho,\" \"Wade in the Water,\" and \"We Shall Overcome.\"
As Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and many others took a stand against prejudice and segregation, a Chicago minister named Chris Moore started a children's choir that embraced the spirit of the civil rights movement and brought young people of different races together, young people who lent their voices to support African Americans struggling for racial equality. More than 50 years later, the Chicago Children's Choir continues its commitment to freedom and justice. An accompanying CD, Songs on the Road to Freedom, features the CCC performing the songs discussed throughout the book.
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Hurry up and wait
This is the second volume in a new series of collaborations between artist Maira Kalman, writer Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket), and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This time a whimsical collection of images captures people in motion--or not. In snapshots by some of the world's most celebrated photographers, some people stride forth, dash across streets, race on bicycles, and jump over puddles, while others form snaking lines, daydream on park benches, and linger on sidewalks with friends.
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Racism in contemporary African American children's and young adult literature
Applying critical race theory to contemporary African American children's and young adult literature, this book explores one key racial issue that has been overlooked both in race studies and literary scholarship—internalised racism. By systematically examining the issue of internalised racism and its detrimental psychological effects, particularly towards the young and vulnerable, this book defamiliarises the very racial issue that otherwise has become normalised in American racial discourse, reaffirming the relevance of race, racism, and racialisation in contemporary America. Through readings of works by Jacqueline Woodson, Sharon G. Flake, Tanita S. Davis, Sapphire, Rosa Guy, and Nikki Grimes, Suriyan Panlay develops a new critical discourse on internalised racism by studying its effects on marginalised children, its manifestations, and the fictional narrative strategies that can be used to regain and reclaim a sense of self.
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Stan Lee
From the bestselling biography series 'Little People, Big Dreams', discover the story of Stan Lee, the charismatic creator of the world's best-loved superheroes.
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Of Ravens and Romanticism
Adaptation is the core concept around which my article revolves, as it explores the unusual implementation of Edgar Allan Poe, “master of the macabre,” in the American classroom despite, and at times even by reason of, his grim artistry and legacy. In the wake of exposition on the origins of the modern concept of the “juvenile” as well as the history of American compulsory educational laws, this article tracks the dissemination of Poe’s works in mid to late nineteenth-century adolescent textbooks and identifies the three main reasons why academic publishers initially adapted his poetry and prose for adolescents: for the general practice of reading, the art of elocution and speech delivery, and entertainment value.
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