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Review of Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden; illus. by R. Gregory Christie Primary    Harper/HarperCollins    40 pp. 2/23    9780062994387    $18.99 Rosetta Tharpe’s (1915–1973) music would influence some of the biggest stars of the twentieth century—from Chuck Berry and Little...
      

Review of Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Mara Rockliff; illus. by R. Gregory Christie Primary, Intermediate    Random House Studio    40 pp.    g 1/22    978-1-5247-2064-3    $18.99 Library ed.  978-1-5247-2065-0    $21.99 e-book ed.  978-1-5247-2066-7    $11.99 Rockliff and Christie focus their story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on a little-heralded...
      

Review of Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker

Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell; illus. by R. Gregory Christie Primary, Intermediate    McElderry    48 pp.    g 6/20    978-1-5344-0623-0    $17.99 e-book ed.  978-1-5344-0624-7    $10.99 “Church said / Help your neighbor. / Mama said / Lift as you climb.” So began the lifework of...
      

Freedom in Congo Square

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Do you ever think you know a lot about a topic and then open a book to read something completely new? That's what happened when I read this offering from Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie. I thought I knew just about everything about slavery in the 1800s in...
      

No Crystal Stair: Illustrator R. Gregory Christie's 2012 BGHB Fiction Award Speech

Vaunda, I’m happy to be onstage with you once again. Keep it up, Mrs. Micheaux Nelson, because knock on wood, we are on a roll!I’d like to take the opportunity to tell Vaunda Micheaux Nelson about my deep respect for her talent. The images for No Crystal Stair were a...
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