Hand in Hand, Andrea Pinkney
Hand in Hand, Andrea Pinkney
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Hand in Hand
Ten Black Men Who Changed America

Author: Andrea Pinkney

Narrator: Phil Morris, Adam Gifford, Zeno Robinson, Kyle Chapple, Ron Butler, Mela Lee

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/08/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

In this New York Times Notable Children's Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, follow the life stories of ten Black men in American history and the legacies they left that forever changed the country.Hand in Hand presents the stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully-drawn narratives offering the subjects' childhood influences, the time and place in which they lived, their accomplishments and motivations, and the legacies they left for future generations as links in the "freedom chain." This book will be the definitive family volume on the subject, punctuated with dynamic full color portraits and spot illustrations by two-time Caldecott Honor winner and multiple Coretta Scott King Book Award recipient Brian Pinkney. Backmatter includes a civil rights timeline, sources, and further reading. Profiled: Benjamin BannekerFrederick DouglassBooker T. WashingtonW.E.B. DuBoisA. Philip RandolphThurgood MarshallJackie RobinsonMalcolm XMartin Luther King, JrBarack H. Obama II

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara

Now that she's told the story of ten black men who changed America, I hope the author will write a book telling the stories of ten black females who changed our country. It's hard to decide what I liked most about this book: the poem that introduces each profile, the incisive insight into each man's......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

Ten influential black men—including Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, and Martin Luther King Jr.—are profiled in this husband-and-wife team’s vibrant collaboration. Andrea Davis Pinkney introduces her subjects with powerful poems, before moving into image-rich,......more

Goodreads review by Bridget

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, by Andrea Davis Pinkney, won the 2013 Coretta Scott King Author Award and was published in 2012. I found this book on the Coretta Scott King Author Award website, where winners in previous years are listed. This is an inspirational nonfiction book tha......more

Goodreads review by Edward

All of the men featured in this handsome volume have been the subject of numerous individual and collective biographies but Pinkney offers a freshness to these profiles through the aspects of their lives she emphasizes and especially through her engaging narratives which are colorful, conversational......more

Quotes

"A unique historical approach, superbly handled."—Walter Dean Myers

"[The] stories in this beautifully written book are equally fascinating, and entire volume is movingly enhanced by poetry and by the inviting, creative illustrations of Brian Pinkney."—New York Times

"The inviting narrative and eloquent portrayal of these iconic men and the times in which they lived make for memorable reading."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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