African american biography elementary

I am the mother of two black sons, and I am always looking for ways to teach them and my 3 other kids! For the past year I have been getting biographies of African-Americans and Africans out of the library to read to my kids. Molly, by Golly! In , firefighting volunteers are sick with the flu and cannot extinguish the fire in a house.

30 black history icons

The cook for the firehouse helps to stop the fire and saves the day! Fly High! Some argue that Edna Lewis was the first African American celebrity chef! Edna was a chef from Virginia who brought Southern Cuisine to New York through her work in several restaurants and her incredible cookbooks. One thing I personally loved about this book were the kid-friendly recipes, and the little food rhymes throughout the book.

This history book shares how West African-born Francisco Menendez was captured, sold as a slave, escaped and eventually became the founder and leader of Fort Mose, Florida, the first free black community in North America. When studying black history, it is not often that children learn about slaves in a way that highlights their talents, intelligence, and humanity.

George Moses Horton was a slave who taught himself to read, and wrote poems to protest slavery. He was the first African-American to be published in the South. While Zora was alive, she did not sell many books, nor did she make a lot of money from her books- but she continued to write, work other jobs, and overcome challenges. This book is for older kids, and I would recommend 4th grade and up.