Shining Legacy: A Treasury of "Storypoems and Tales for the Young So Black Heroes Forever Will Be Sung Environment Author: Rachel Renée Russell

Author: Rachel Renée Russell

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Details: Georgia Peach Award Nominee • Florida Teens Read Award Nominee • ABC Best Books for Young Readers • Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year • A Junior Library Guild Selection • Hugo & Locus award finalist

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Shining Legacy: A Treasury of "Storypoems and Tales for the Young So Black Heroes Forever Will Be Sung Environment Author: Rachel Renée RussellAuthor: Nkechi Taifa Binding: paperback Release Date: 01 01 1982 Details: Nkechi Taifa correctly perceives a great need for role models for Afro American youth. Her book, Shining Legacy, commendably attempts to fulfill that need. In well researched poems and tales, in clear and idiomatic language, she has celebrated role models ranging from Toussaint L'Ouverture to Paul Robeson, from Harriet Tubman to Fannie Lou Hamer. Aimed at a young audience, it