Details

Subject(s)

• African American children—Periodicals—History and criticism [Browse]
• African American children—Race identity [Browse]
• African American children in literature [Browse]
• African Americans—Juvenile literature [Browse]

Editor

• Johnson-Feelings, Dianne [Browse]
• McNair, Jonda C., 1970- [Browse]

Writer of foreword

• Bishop, Rudine Sims [Browse]

Series

• Children's Literature Association series [More in this series]
• Children's literature association series

Summary note

"The Brownies' Book occupies a special place in the history of African American children's literature. Informally the children's counterpart to the NAACP's The Crisis magazine, it was one of the first periodicals created primarily for Black youth. Several of the objectives the creators delineated in 1919 when announcing the arrival of the publication-"To make them familiar with the history and achievements of the Negro race" and "To make colored children realize that being 'colored' is a beautiful, normal thing"-still resonate with contemporary creators, readers, and scholars of African American children's literature. The meticulously researched essays in A Centennial Celebration of "The Brownies' Book" get to the heart of The Brownies' Book "project" using critical approaches both varied and illuminating. Contributors to the volume explore the underappreciated role of Jessie Redmon Fauset in creating The Brownies' Book and in the cultural life of Black America; describe the young people who immersed themselves in the pages of the periodical; focus on the role of Black heroes and heroines; address The Brownies' Book in the context of critical literacy theory; and place The Brownies' Book within the context of Black futurity and justice. Bookending the essays are, reprinted in full, the first and last issues of the magazine. A Centennial Celebration of "The Brownies' Book" illuminates the many ways in which the magazine-simultaneously beautiful, complicated, problematic, and inspiring-remains worthy of attention well into this century"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781496841230 (hardcover)
• 1496841239 (hardcover)
• 9781496841247 (trade paperback)
• 1496841247 (trade paperback)

LCCN

2022031558

OCLC

1340656875

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