{"id":1165,"date":"2020-01-12T03:48:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T03:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2021-08-15T04:41:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T04:41:01","slug":"teaching-harriet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/2020\/01\/12\/teaching-harriet\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Harriet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kasi Lemmons\u2019s biographical movie Harriet<\/em><\/strong> was a box office sensation in 2019.  There has been both outcry and support<\/a> for the film with some viewers homing in on points of historical accuracy as well as the choice of lead. 
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Debates aside, the fact of Harriet being the first big screen depiction of Tubman makes it likely that it <\/em><\/strong>will be used to teach history in homes and classrooms for years to come.   This being so, context is key.
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Below is a collection of books that parents and teachers can use to help youth round out their understanding of the complex world that existed in Harriet Tubman\u2019s time. Published over the last twenty-five years, all have either won a Coretta Scott King Book Award or Honor or are ones that were written or illustrated by CSK laureates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The content of these selections range from the songs and spiritual beliefs of the enslaved, to Black Jacks and free African American communities (whose historical presence and stories remain important yet are often grayed out in collective memory) as well as the sad reality of black slave catchers who abetted the \u201cpeculiar institution\u201d and many topics in between. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image credits: Before She Was Harriet (Holiday House) \/ James Ransome, Never Forgotten (Schwartz & Wade) \/ Leo and Diane Dillon, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Hyperion) \/ Kadir Nelson and In The Time of the Drums (Lee and Low) \/ Brian Pinkney \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n