Kadir Nelson
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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Carole Boston Weatherford, Kadir Nelson
We know Harriet Tubman as the Moses of her people. The quintessential American hero, Tubman guided enslaved Africans along the Underground Railroad—a loose network of racially diverse helpers and top secret hideouts—from bondage of the South to freedom in North.
Yet little is known about Harriet’s first trip. Born into slavery, how did she become free? What was her first trip North like? And what inspired her to make nineteen more trips escorting hundreds of slaves, including her own parents, to freedom? Never once getting caught. Never once losing a passenger.
Ntozake Shange, Kadir Nelson
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there, from W. E. B. DuBois and Paul Robeson to Dizzy Gillispie and Duke Ellington.
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson
Henry Brown doesn’t know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves’ birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. When Henry grows up and marries, he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday—his first day of freedom.
