{"product_id":"hand-in-hand-ten-black-men-who-changed-america-coretta-scott-king-author-award-winner-9781423142577","title":"Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHand in Hand\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Profiled: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Banneker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Douglass\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooker T. Washington\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eW.E.B. DuBois\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Philip Randolph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eThurgood Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eJackie Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcolm X\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Luther King, Jr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarack H. Obama II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Davis Pinkney\u003c\/b\u003e has written several acclaimed books for middle grade readers, including the novels \u003ci\u003eBird in a Box, a Today Show\u003c\/i\u003e Al Roker Book Club pick\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWith the Might of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, a book in the Dear America series. She is also the author of the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eLet It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters\u003c\/i\u003e, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner. Andrea's many picture books include \u003ci\u003eSit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-seller and a Jane Addams Honor Book, which was illustrated by her husband, Brian Pinkney. She and her family live in Brooklyn, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Pinkney\u003c\/b\u003e (www.brianpinkney.net) has frequently collaborated with his wife, Andrea Davis Pinkney. Some of their other books include, \u003ci\u003eSojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDuke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra\u003c\/i\u003e, for which Brian was awarded a Caldecott Honor. Brian was also a Caldecott Honoree for \u003ci\u003eThe Faithful Friend\u003c\/i\u003e by Robert D. San Souci, and he won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Drums\u003c\/i\u003e by Kim L.Siegelson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615126196498,"sku":"9781423142577","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba1e0a7b-6819-4be1-8860-5640a0a63da9.jpg?v=1732475643","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hand-in-hand-ten-black-men-who-changed-america-coretta-scott-king-author-award-winner-9781423142577","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}