From the success of the annual children’s edition of The Crisis, the official journal of the NAACP, started in 1910, came a short-lived magazine especially for Black children called The Brownie’s Book.  Here are some resources about this ground-breaking magazine including Library of Congress blog postings as well as numerous digital copies of the magazine.

Given the current awareness of the need for diversity in education and especially in collections found in school libraries, I think this early publication could be useful in culturally relevant lessons in the classroom and the library.  Your thoughts?

W.E.B. DuBois and The Brownies’ Book

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/08/w-e-b-dubois-and-the-brownies-book/?loclr=ealocb

The Brownie’s Book  https://www.loc.gov/item/22001351?loclr=blogloc

Rare Book of the Month: W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies  https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/02/rare-book-of-the-month-w-e-b-du-bois-brownies/

The Tar Baby and the Tomahawk: Race and Ethnic Images in American Children's Literature, 1880-1939 http://childlit.unl.edu/topics/edi.brownies.html

Holmes, Anna (2021) The Magazine That Helped 1920s Kids Navigate Racism https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/02/how-w-e-b-du-bois-changed-black-childhood-america/617952/  3 - 5    6 - 8    9 - 12    Library    Social Studies/History    English/Language Arts    children's literature    cul;tural relevance