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First awarded in 1993, the Americas Award is given in recognition
of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in
Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining
both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic
borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries,
focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The
Award is unique in that selects Latino/a youth literature for
classroom use and in that it focuses on the entire Western
Hemisphere. Scholars from the fields of literature, education,
lbrary science, and theater engage with Latino/a Critical Race
Theory (LatCrit) in this ecollection of essays about the Americas
Award, the Award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in
which the books are used. This collection offers essays on the
history of the award, close readings of Award-winning and honored
books situated in the classroom, and discussions of how best to use
the books in the classroom, library and theater.
In 1945, John H. Johnson published the first issue of Ebony
magazine, a monthly periodical aimed at African American readers.
In 1973, the Johnson Publishing Company expanded its readership to
include children by producing Ebony Jr . Targeting Black children
in the five to eleven age-range, the magazine featured stories,
comics, puzzles, and cartoons. Its contents combined elements of
Black culture, Black history, and elementary school curriculum. The
publication remained in print until 1985 and was resurrected online
in 2007. In Ebony Jr The Rise, Fall and Return of a Black
Children's Magazine, Laretta Henderson charts this unique
publication's genesis, history, and impact. She analyzes the
structure and literary context of Ebony Jr , revealing how the
political climate informed the composition of the magazine.
Henderson also profiles the magazine's publisher, John H. Johnson,
and examines how his corporate structure facilitated and informed
Ebony Jr 's content, success, and its initial demise. This
culturally significant milestone in African American culture is
given its due deference in this interdisciplinary examination of
the environment in which Ebony Jr was produced, assessing what the
magazine's existence meant to a generation of young readers.
The all new essays in this book discuss Black cultural retellings
of traditional, European fairy tales. The representation of Black
protagonists in such tales helps to shape children's ideas about
themselves and the world beyond their limited experiences. Allowing
them to see themselves in traditional tales strengthens connections
with the world and can ignite a will to read books representing
diverse ethnic and cultural characters. Also discussed is the need
for a multicultural text set which includes the multiplicity of
cultures within the Black Diaspora. The tales referenced in the
text are rich and diverse in perspective, illuminating stories such
as Aesop's fables, Cinderella, Rapunzel and Ananse. Readers will
see that stories from Black perspectives adhere to the dictates of
traditional literary conventions while steeped in literary
traditions that can be traced back to Africa or the diaspora.
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