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Elliott, Zetta – School Library Journal, 2011
In this article, the author talks about her past experiences and how she immersed herself in African-American literature. While teaching a journalism class in an after-school program at the Decatur Clearpool Beacon School in Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy section, the author realized that most of her students had no sense of African-American history beyond a…
Descriptors: African American Literature, Foreign Countries, United States Literature, African American History
Barack, Lauren – School Library Journal, 2007
Keying in the search term "Martin Luther King" on Google would result in retrieving martinlutherking.com as the topmost hit. At first glance, it seems like a neutral informational site, but clicking on a few articles will unmask the hate. This site, which is owned by Don Black, a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, references King as a…
Descriptors: Internet, Online Searching, Racial Factors, Web Sites
Sanderson, Peter – School Library Journal, 2004
Although graphic novels are traditionally thought of as the domain of larger-than-life fantasies, for decades comics have also served as educational tools. One of the pioneers of American comic books, Will Eisner, worked for years creating instructional comics. Starting in 1941, the Classics Illustrated series introduced young readers to…
Descriptors: Novels, Nonfiction, Adolescent Literature, Cartoons