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A Centennial Celebration of the Brownies' Book

by Dianne Johnson-Feelings
Jonda C. McNair
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Contributions by Jani L. Barker, Rudine Sims Bishop, Julia S. Charles-Linen, Paige Gray, Dianne Johnson-Feelings, Jonda C. McNair, Sara C. VanderHaagen, and Michelle Taylor Watts
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.

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    Children's Literature Association

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  • Release date

    October 21, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781496841261

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      Starred review from February 1, 2023

      "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." That was the impetus behind the informal children's counterpart to NAACP's The Crisis. In addition to the essays examining the context and impact of The Brownies' Book, the foundational publication of Black children's literature in the United States, this collection also reproduces the full first and last issues, from January 1920 to December 1921. Essays explore identity and empowerment of Black children and the impact of diverse literary representations. They also explore conversations around Afrofuturism and critical race theory. This rich volume is a celebration, indeed! Rudine Sims Bishop wrote the foreword. It features over 70 black-and-white images. VERDICT Revelatory and illuminating, this is a must-purchase.-Jen McConnel

      Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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