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2016 Diversity Reading Challenge discussion

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A book with an illustrator of color (think Kadir Nelson).

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Pam (pammypam) | 31 comments Mod
Add your book title(s) here.


message 2: by Cindy III (last edited Mar 22, 2016 03:35PM) (new)

Cindy III | 28 comments Hmm, I like Sean Qualls work, so I'll be looking for more books he's illustrated. Also, considering Raúl Colón, Christian Robinson, Angela Dominguez and John Parra.

The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage read 3-21-26

The Case for Loving The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko


message 3: by Prajkta (new)

Prajkta Changediya (prajktac) | 4 comments I read to kill a mockingbird and go set a watchman in 2016.


message 4: by Cindy III (new)

Cindy III | 28 comments I don't know if Harper Lee's books fall under this category.

What did you think about the books? I read To Kill a Mockingbird a decade ago and haven't read Go Set a Watchman.


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Prajkta Changediya (prajktac) | 4 comments Can you please elaborate me what is exactly illustrator of color mean?


message 6: by Cindy III (new)

Cindy III | 28 comments I guess this is something specific to the U.S.
An illustrator you know does the art in books.
For the color part it relates to the term person of color (POC); a person who is not white.
So someone who usually is called blank-american (ex. african-american, latin-american...)
It can be tricky to know who is white or not depending on who you ask. I don't know if I'm explaining this well.
Anyone else want to give it a try?


message 7: by Prajkta (new)

Prajkta Changediya (prajktac) | 4 comments Ok do you have any of these books in either pdf or ebook format? I think will not be able to find it in India.


message 8: by Cindy III (last edited Mar 24, 2016 10:37AM) (new)

Cindy III | 28 comments I don't. Sorry.
You can read books in the other topics in this group like Holocaust Books, asian main character books, Latin american main character books


message 9: by Prajkta (new)

Prajkta Changediya (prajktac) | 4 comments I am reading. Thank you for explaining.


message 10: by Pam, Moderator (new)

Pam (pammypam) | 31 comments Mod
Prajkta wrote: "Can you please elaborate me what is exactly illustrator of color mean?"an illustrator of color means someone who is not white. The person could be African American, African, SE Asian, Indian, Hispanic, etc.


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Pam (pammypam) | 31 comments Mod
Cindy wrote: "Hmm, I like Sean Qualls work, so I'll be looking for more books he's illustrated. Also, considering Raúl Colón, Christian Robinson, [author:Angela..."
Is that Mildred Loving the woman i think it is? cool.


message 12: by Cindy III (new)

Cindy III | 28 comments I'm going to say Mildred Loving is the person you think. She and her husband had to go to court so their marriage would be recognized, and interracial marriages legal in the state of Virginia.


message 13: by Cindy III (last edited Jun 21, 2016 04:22PM) (new)

Cindy III | 28 comments Sean Qualls did illustrations for The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

His illustrations helped to capture what Juan does with poetry and what he and the other characters feel, what they are like.


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