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Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies
Amazing visual timelines take readers through the people and the issues that have shaped Black history
Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people.
From Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey, and the achievements of ancient African kingdoms to those of the US Civil Rights Movement, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies takes kids on an exceptional journey from prehistory to modern times.
This DK children's book boasts more than 30 visual timelines, which explore the biographies of the famous and the not-so-famous - from royalty to activists, and writers to scientists, and much, much more. Stunning thematic timelines also explain the development of Black history - from the experiences of black people in the US, to the story of postcolonial Africa.
Did you know that the richest person ever to have lived was a West African? Or that the technology that made the lightbulb possible was developed by African American inventor, and not Thomas Edison? How about the fact that Ethiopia was the only African country to avoid colonization, thanks to the leadership of a brave queen?
Stacked with facts and visually vibrant, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legacies, Legends is an unforgettable and accessible hive of information on the people and the issues that have shaped Black history.
Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people.
From Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey, and the achievements of ancient African kingdoms to those of the US Civil Rights Movement, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies takes kids on an exceptional journey from prehistory to modern times.
This DK children's book boasts more than 30 visual timelines, which explore the biographies of the famous and the not-so-famous - from royalty to activists, and writers to scientists, and much, much more. Stunning thematic timelines also explain the development of Black history - from the experiences of black people in the US, to the story of postcolonial Africa.
Did you know that the richest person ever to have lived was a West African? Or that the technology that made the lightbulb possible was developed by African American inventor, and not Thomas Edison? How about the fact that Ethiopia was the only African country to avoid colonization, thanks to the leadership of a brave queen?
Stacked with facts and visually vibrant, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legacies, Legends is an unforgettable and accessible hive of information on the people and the issues that have shaped Black history.
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June 22, 2021
In the course of a given week I tend to place loads of new and upcoming children’s books on hold at my library. As a result, I’m not precisely sure how Timeline From Black History showed up on my radar. Could have been from a review. Could have been sitting on a shelf in my library’s children’s room. Could have been from an ad somewhere. The point is that under normal circumstances I probably would have discounted it for a rather unfair reason: It’s a DK Book. You know what I'm talking about. I was a children’s librarian during the great thrall of the Eyewitness books that held children under their sway for a time. And while I’m sure there are still plenty of Eyewitness books out there, they just don’t have as strong a command over our young readers as they once did. Maybe that’s the internet’s fault. Maybe it was their own fault too. I mean, sometimes the facts were too brief, too normal, or too chintzy. That was my worry with this Timeline so I had a fairly simple wish for it: That it cover information that other Black histories did not. That it look above and beyond the usual slavery/Civil Rights Movement focus. Turns out, I was thinking too small. This book, which combines and updates some sections from the previously published Timelines of Everything and Timelines of Everyone is a marvelous panoply of historical moments. You’ll find quite a lot of African history, both ancient and contemporary, as well as highlights of individuals, some you know, some you don’t. This book is NOT the only book on the subject that will ever be written, but right now it appears to be the only book so far. And I’m just relieved that it was good to begin with.
“Black History” is too broad a topic to encapsulate in 96 pages, so what do you do if you want to give an overview? Well, begin at the very beginning. The “Human origins” section shows how the entire human story begins in Africa. This is followed by a look at “Early African kingdoms”, notable personages extending between 1280 and 1663, and a dive into “Later African kingdoms” as well. When the slave trade is introduced it’s discussed within the context of the United States. Notable individuals receive two-page spreads, which not only tell their stories but will mention other related people in sidebars. For example, when discussing Harriet Tubman a sidebar highlights “Female activists of the 19th century”, particularly Sojourner Truth and Maria W. Stewart. Large moments in history like The Civil War and The Civil Rights Movement are mentioned, but do not get an inordinate amount of attention. There are consistent mentions of Africa throughout the book, and a shift to writers and artists throughout time. By the end you have two children highlighted (Mari Copeny of Flint and Marley Dias) and a host of “Black history stars” and groups that presumably didn’t quite fit in the rest of the book, including everyone from gay rights activist and drag queen Marsha P. Johnson to The Black Panthers to Black Lives Matter to Simone Biles. A glossary and index round out the backmatter.
For adults like myself, paging through the book, what a person comes away with the most is this overwhelming sense that our history lessons in school failed us miserably. It took a Drunk History episode for me to learn about Mansa Musa. It took Hark, A Vagrant comics to teach me about Mary Seacole. And now it has taken this book to teach me, conservatively, a hundred more new things. The nomenclature in the Glossary section isn’t half bad either. Here you’ll find a definition for “enslaved person” but not a “slave”, which I appreciated. I wouldn’t call the book perfect by any means, though. The Harlem Renaissance, for example, gets shockingly short shrift, though it is mentioned in passing in the Zora Neale Huston section. The Caribbean, I would argue, deserved more time than the Toussaint L’Ouverture section and tiny mention of Aime Cesaire, and could have stood a contemporary examination. But there are so many mentions in this book of people and historical moments that seem vaguely familiar but which I never gave adequate attention. If this book has the potential to rectify this problem for new readers, even just a little, the implications could be huge.
I imagine the editorial conversations of what to include and whom to include must have been both intense and fascinating. A fly on a wall would have special insight into some of their decisions, I’m sure. Things like, why was Serena Williams included in a two-page feature while Venus was relegated to just a tiny encapsulation of her life? Who gets to be included as those tiny mentions on the larger two-page spreads? For example, inventor Lewis Howard Latimer (who, amongst many things, invented the carbon filament in light bulbs that lets them last longer) gets a sidebar of “Ignored inventors”. These include Sarah Boone (ironing board), Garrett Morgan (who got a picture book bio in 2019 called The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan by Joan Dicicco), and Marie Van Brittain Brown (home security). Surely there were other people to consider. Why these three? The decision making is almost half the fun of the book itself. I think that you could actually have a really interesting discussion with older kids where you show them the selections then ask them to make their own in the same style. What other inventors would YOU have mentioned? How would you redesign the page to show more? Could be a heck of an assignment.
But let’s address the elephant in the room here. The reason that I wanted to read this book the most was that I saw right away that it had a focus on the history of the African continent that I knew I wouldn’t be able to find in a children’s book anywhere else. “Early African Kingdoms” kicks us off and right away you see information that is all too brief. That’s sort of the point of it, though. It whets your appetite to see the pyramids of the Kingdom of Kush or to see the Aksumite Empire obelisks. Soon you’re taking a two-page deep dive into the life of Askia the Great, another on Mansa Musa, another on Nzinga Mbandi. And just to drill home that this book is not playing around, you immediately go from that into a section on “Later African kingdoms.” And yes, slavery enters into the story after that, but consider how many histories just begin with that part. Here, the book makes it very clear that Africa is a continent that deserves to be remembered as more than just a footnote. In fact, my favorite part of the book was the part I felt the most ashamed to see. Here I am, a 43-year-old woman, incapable of telling you what nations were colonizing Africa, where they were colonizing, and (fascinatingly) where they weren’t. I did not know that “Only Liberia and Ethiopia held onto their independence,” during the late 19th century land grab. Liberia I could have guessed at, but Ethiopia? To answer that question, we learn about Taytu Betul, the empress that successfully fought off the Italians to keep Ethiopia free. And just to be clear, after this, the book keeps including two-page spreads on people like Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (the first woman to become a head of state in Africa), Fela (Nigerian musician and political activist), Wangari Maathai (Kenyan environmentalist), and Kwame Kkrumah (revolutionary and politician). And don’t forget the two pages on Postcolonial Africa with a timeline that goes from 1957 to 2017. Is it insufficient? Of course. But it’s a starting point, where kids can take the Rwandan Genocide or the civil war in Sudan or the Angolan Civil War, get a brief sense of what they mean, and go from there.
Originally this book would have been published in Britain, yet for most of the book you don’t really get much of a sense of that. American dominates this discussion. I do wonder if the Brits, with an understanding of their own role in colonialism, weren’t better suited than us to lay out precisely what happened in Africa, particularly between the years of 1870-1900. But for the most part this book felt very American-made… right up until you get to Stormzy. And do not get me wrong. I absolutely love the Stormzy section. Stormzy, fellow Yankees, specializes in grime (def: “An type of electronic music that originated in Longdon, England”), is “one of England’s most successful musicians of the 21st century,” and started the literary venture #Merky Books. His sidebar focusing on “Black British music” turns out to be one of the most informative sections. Even so, tell me that it would have been there if this book hadn’t originally come out of London.
It’s an odd sensation to read a title that feels simultaneously like it’s packed full to brimming with so much pertinent information and, at the same time, be left with the understanding that it is completely insufficient in terms of additional details. It’s covering such a wide swath of history, but due to the nature of the piece it can’t dig down. All that can be done is to use Timelines From Black History as a starting point. You take this book and you use it to explore every person, place, and thing that it mentions on your own. It’s not going to help you there, of course. Like all DK Books there is no Bibliography or recommended list of Sources. And it should be quite clear that this book is where this conversation begins and NOT where it ends. Better books than this one, more complete books, absolutely 100% have to start getting written and published. But if I had to begin somewhere, this is a decent place to begin. If nothing else, it truly conveys how ridiculous it is to try to encapsulate the entirety of the Black experience in a single book. Now take this, give it to a kid, blow their minds, and then run to a library to supplement, supplement, supplement. A beautifully designed starting point. Now can I have a Mansa Musa picture book biography, please?
For ages 9 and up.
“Black History” is too broad a topic to encapsulate in 96 pages, so what do you do if you want to give an overview? Well, begin at the very beginning. The “Human origins” section shows how the entire human story begins in Africa. This is followed by a look at “Early African kingdoms”, notable personages extending between 1280 and 1663, and a dive into “Later African kingdoms” as well. When the slave trade is introduced it’s discussed within the context of the United States. Notable individuals receive two-page spreads, which not only tell their stories but will mention other related people in sidebars. For example, when discussing Harriet Tubman a sidebar highlights “Female activists of the 19th century”, particularly Sojourner Truth and Maria W. Stewart. Large moments in history like The Civil War and The Civil Rights Movement are mentioned, but do not get an inordinate amount of attention. There are consistent mentions of Africa throughout the book, and a shift to writers and artists throughout time. By the end you have two children highlighted (Mari Copeny of Flint and Marley Dias) and a host of “Black history stars” and groups that presumably didn’t quite fit in the rest of the book, including everyone from gay rights activist and drag queen Marsha P. Johnson to The Black Panthers to Black Lives Matter to Simone Biles. A glossary and index round out the backmatter.
For adults like myself, paging through the book, what a person comes away with the most is this overwhelming sense that our history lessons in school failed us miserably. It took a Drunk History episode for me to learn about Mansa Musa. It took Hark, A Vagrant comics to teach me about Mary Seacole. And now it has taken this book to teach me, conservatively, a hundred more new things. The nomenclature in the Glossary section isn’t half bad either. Here you’ll find a definition for “enslaved person” but not a “slave”, which I appreciated. I wouldn’t call the book perfect by any means, though. The Harlem Renaissance, for example, gets shockingly short shrift, though it is mentioned in passing in the Zora Neale Huston section. The Caribbean, I would argue, deserved more time than the Toussaint L’Ouverture section and tiny mention of Aime Cesaire, and could have stood a contemporary examination. But there are so many mentions in this book of people and historical moments that seem vaguely familiar but which I never gave adequate attention. If this book has the potential to rectify this problem for new readers, even just a little, the implications could be huge.
I imagine the editorial conversations of what to include and whom to include must have been both intense and fascinating. A fly on a wall would have special insight into some of their decisions, I’m sure. Things like, why was Serena Williams included in a two-page feature while Venus was relegated to just a tiny encapsulation of her life? Who gets to be included as those tiny mentions on the larger two-page spreads? For example, inventor Lewis Howard Latimer (who, amongst many things, invented the carbon filament in light bulbs that lets them last longer) gets a sidebar of “Ignored inventors”. These include Sarah Boone (ironing board), Garrett Morgan (who got a picture book bio in 2019 called The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan by Joan Dicicco), and Marie Van Brittain Brown (home security). Surely there were other people to consider. Why these three? The decision making is almost half the fun of the book itself. I think that you could actually have a really interesting discussion with older kids where you show them the selections then ask them to make their own in the same style. What other inventors would YOU have mentioned? How would you redesign the page to show more? Could be a heck of an assignment.
But let’s address the elephant in the room here. The reason that I wanted to read this book the most was that I saw right away that it had a focus on the history of the African continent that I knew I wouldn’t be able to find in a children’s book anywhere else. “Early African Kingdoms” kicks us off and right away you see information that is all too brief. That’s sort of the point of it, though. It whets your appetite to see the pyramids of the Kingdom of Kush or to see the Aksumite Empire obelisks. Soon you’re taking a two-page deep dive into the life of Askia the Great, another on Mansa Musa, another on Nzinga Mbandi. And just to drill home that this book is not playing around, you immediately go from that into a section on “Later African kingdoms.” And yes, slavery enters into the story after that, but consider how many histories just begin with that part. Here, the book makes it very clear that Africa is a continent that deserves to be remembered as more than just a footnote. In fact, my favorite part of the book was the part I felt the most ashamed to see. Here I am, a 43-year-old woman, incapable of telling you what nations were colonizing Africa, where they were colonizing, and (fascinatingly) where they weren’t. I did not know that “Only Liberia and Ethiopia held onto their independence,” during the late 19th century land grab. Liberia I could have guessed at, but Ethiopia? To answer that question, we learn about Taytu Betul, the empress that successfully fought off the Italians to keep Ethiopia free. And just to be clear, after this, the book keeps including two-page spreads on people like Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (the first woman to become a head of state in Africa), Fela (Nigerian musician and political activist), Wangari Maathai (Kenyan environmentalist), and Kwame Kkrumah (revolutionary and politician). And don’t forget the two pages on Postcolonial Africa with a timeline that goes from 1957 to 2017. Is it insufficient? Of course. But it’s a starting point, where kids can take the Rwandan Genocide or the civil war in Sudan or the Angolan Civil War, get a brief sense of what they mean, and go from there.
Originally this book would have been published in Britain, yet for most of the book you don’t really get much of a sense of that. American dominates this discussion. I do wonder if the Brits, with an understanding of their own role in colonialism, weren’t better suited than us to lay out precisely what happened in Africa, particularly between the years of 1870-1900. But for the most part this book felt very American-made… right up until you get to Stormzy. And do not get me wrong. I absolutely love the Stormzy section. Stormzy, fellow Yankees, specializes in grime (def: “An type of electronic music that originated in Longdon, England”), is “one of England’s most successful musicians of the 21st century,” and started the literary venture #Merky Books. His sidebar focusing on “Black British music” turns out to be one of the most informative sections. Even so, tell me that it would have been there if this book hadn’t originally come out of London.
It’s an odd sensation to read a title that feels simultaneously like it’s packed full to brimming with so much pertinent information and, at the same time, be left with the understanding that it is completely insufficient in terms of additional details. It’s covering such a wide swath of history, but due to the nature of the piece it can’t dig down. All that can be done is to use Timelines From Black History as a starting point. You take this book and you use it to explore every person, place, and thing that it mentions on your own. It’s not going to help you there, of course. Like all DK Books there is no Bibliography or recommended list of Sources. And it should be quite clear that this book is where this conversation begins and NOT where it ends. Better books than this one, more complete books, absolutely 100% have to start getting written and published. But if I had to begin somewhere, this is a decent place to begin. If nothing else, it truly conveys how ridiculous it is to try to encapsulate the entirety of the Black experience in a single book. Now take this, give it to a kid, blow their minds, and then run to a library to supplement, supplement, supplement. A beautifully designed starting point. Now can I have a Mansa Musa picture book biography, please?
For ages 9 and up.
November 9, 2021
Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies
by D.K. Publishing
Published October 1, 2020
~TIMELINES OF GENERATIONAL HISTORICAL ONGOING TRAUMA OF BLACK FOLKS
Amazing timelines take listeners through the people and the issues that have shaped Black history.
Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people.
From Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey, and the achievements of ancient African kingdoms to those of the US Civil Rights Movement, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies takes kids on an exceptional journey from prehistory to modern times.
This DK children's audiobook boasts more than 30 timelines, which explore the biographies of the famous and the not-so-famous - from royalty to activists, and writers to scientists, and much, much more. Stunning thematic timelines also explain the development of Black history - from the experiences of black people in the US, to the story of postcolonial Africa.
Did you know that the richest person ever to have lived was a West African? Or that the technology that made the lightbulb possible was developed by African American inventor, and not Thomas Edison? How about the fact that Ethiopia was the only African country to avoid colonization, thanks to the leadership of a brave queen?
Stacked with facts, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legacies, Legends is an unforgettable and accessible hive of information on the people and the issues that have shaped Black history.
by D.K. Publishing
Published October 1, 2020
~TIMELINES OF GENERATIONAL HISTORICAL ONGOING TRAUMA OF BLACK FOLKS
Amazing timelines take listeners through the people and the issues that have shaped Black history.
Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people.
From Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey, and the achievements of ancient African kingdoms to those of the US Civil Rights Movement, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies takes kids on an exceptional journey from prehistory to modern times.
This DK children's audiobook boasts more than 30 timelines, which explore the biographies of the famous and the not-so-famous - from royalty to activists, and writers to scientists, and much, much more. Stunning thematic timelines also explain the development of Black history - from the experiences of black people in the US, to the story of postcolonial Africa.
Did you know that the richest person ever to have lived was a West African? Or that the technology that made the lightbulb possible was developed by African American inventor, and not Thomas Edison? How about the fact that Ethiopia was the only African country to avoid colonization, thanks to the leadership of a brave queen?
Stacked with facts, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legacies, Legends is an unforgettable and accessible hive of information on the people and the issues that have shaped Black history.
March 31, 2022
Really liked it. My only issue was how they had the timelines. For me it was a bit distracting but still super informative
January 19, 2021
DK books and author Mireille Harper have joined together to create a book of Black history that begins more than 1,000 years ago in Africa and ends in 2020 with American young people making a difference in their communities. Well-known Black leaders, athletes, and artists such as Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Maya
Angelou, Barack Obama, Simone Biles and Usain Bolt are included and so are far lesser known, but equally important figures including nurse Mary Seacole, inventor Sarah Breedlove, musician Fela Kuti, and activist James Baldwin. Each timeline is unique, some arranged around artifacts of the time, others moving across the page with illustrations that tell the story making the words almost secondary. ELA and history teachers will love sharing the creative designs with their students. Back matter includes a two page illustrated spread of additional key figures, a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography. “Timelines From Black History” has a place in libraries and classrooms serving students in grades 5 and up. Note: This book’s length, complexity and oversized dimensions may make it more appropriate for a library’s Reference section.
Angelou, Barack Obama, Simone Biles and Usain Bolt are included and so are far lesser known, but equally important figures including nurse Mary Seacole, inventor Sarah Breedlove, musician Fela Kuti, and activist James Baldwin. Each timeline is unique, some arranged around artifacts of the time, others moving across the page with illustrations that tell the story making the words almost secondary. ELA and history teachers will love sharing the creative designs with their students. Back matter includes a two page illustrated spread of additional key figures, a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography. “Timelines From Black History” has a place in libraries and classrooms serving students in grades 5 and up. Note: This book’s length, complexity and oversized dimensions may make it more appropriate for a library’s Reference section.
February 19, 2023
I really liked the way this book was arranged. Fascinating timelines, and so many people I knew so little about.
December 15, 2020
Infinite stars. This timelines covers the human race, as well as well known and little well known Black individuals. The graphics are absolutely amazing. I learned so much. It is a one sitting read that every family should own. Thank you for writing this. More history needs to be shared and absorbed.
October 4, 2021
Timelines of inspiring and world-changing people.
This would be a good book for a child/teenager starting a historical essay or research project. It introduces and discusses many important figures.
I listened to it on audiobook. As an audiobook, it’s incredibly difficult to follow and I would recommend people read a physical copy.
This would be a good book for a child/teenager starting a historical essay or research project. It introduces and discusses many important figures.
I listened to it on audiobook. As an audiobook, it’s incredibly difficult to follow and I would recommend people read a physical copy.
April 8, 2022
Loved the idea of a black history book and learnt about many important black people I did not know about. Just a pity the book is constantly written in a pure timeline format which makes it tiresome to read.
March 4, 2024
Timelines From Black History is a well-designed book. It is visually vibrant and filled with many facts. It is book about the people and the events that have shaped Black history. One will discover in the book the wonders of ancient African kingdoms, the enduring legacy of the US Civil Rights movement and the lives of the change-makers. Develing into this exciting and informational book with unique, inspiring, and world-changing stories of Black people. In the book it has over 30 visual timelines of Black history. This book is not geared just for the Black reader but for all who want to learn and appreciate other cultures and understand their history. All the people in this book have really helped shape America along with others from different walks of life and cultures. Enjoy reading this book and you will want to share it with others.
January 19, 2022
The timeline format might not be ideal for every purpose, but overall it makes a great addition to a classroom or school library. So often curricula reduce representation of African Americans to just slavery->emancipation->civil rights movement, but this overlooks rich cultural histories and historical figures who aren't MLK Jr or Rosa Parks. This book provides lots of ideas for broadening the conversations.
Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a temporary digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.
Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a temporary digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.
October 13, 2022
The issues with this book stem largely from that format. 30 timelines cannot really tell all of black history. Editorial choices are sometimes confusing and could leave children with questions or confusion. Reconstruction is overlooked entirely. Still, there are many concepts, events, and people that are otherwise not included in many other books. The graphic design is as stunning as one would expect from a DK book.
February 2, 2021
Explore history through the lives of inspiring figures in Black History from Harriet Tubman to Lebron James. More than 30 thematic timelines illustrate the people and issues that have shaped Black history from the wonders of Ancient African kingdoms to the legacy of the Civil Rights movement.
Reviewer 13
Reviewer 13
March 3, 2024
This book is beautiful, well organized, and an important addition to the missing history of significant leaders in the human story. Some of the names you already know and the rest you *should* know. I love that it includes leaders, entertainers, and thinkers alike, and points on its nose the gaps in our own education.
March 4, 2024
Well, it was published as a kid's book. I was expecting much more. It'a list of Black people who have contributed to society through the ages, told chronologically. This is not to say I didn't learn anything. I did. A Black woman designed the original ironing board (I see the IRONY in that.) A Black man is responsible for the 3-colored traffic light.
I just wanted it fleshed out more.
I just wanted it fleshed out more.
March 9, 2023
Excellent overview of a few dozen key people in black history. The book uses creative layouts on each 2-page spread, utilizing art, symbols, photographs and quotes as they provide a timeline of each highlighted person. I learned about a lot of people I had heard nothing or very little about.
June 18, 2023
Rating: pg for racial violence. No profanity, no sex.
Recommend: history buffs.
Good info about little known Black history-makers from pre-history times. AND not just the US.
Generally politics-free; some bend toward BLM ideas.
Recommend: history buffs.
Good info about little known Black history-makers from pre-history times. AND not just the US.
Generally politics-free; some bend toward BLM ideas.
February 23, 2024
I used this book to discuss and demonstrate the importance of timelines and context in a history class this week. It was wonderful for that purpose and the different types of timelines were helpful for showing that timelines can be interesting, thought provoking, and varied depending on the topic.
October 11, 2020
I wish I had been involved in this...
December 3, 2020
A must read for anyone.
February 1, 2021
A great book that every household should have and read all year long.
April 17, 2021
Incredible compilation of historical and current figures and events in Black history across the world using dynamic pictures and art to draw the reader in. A must read.
May 19, 2021
This book is a great one for learning about famous figures in Black History!
August 8, 2021
4 stars for this dip in and dip out timelines book
December 17, 2021
Brief but engaging, informative although in an attempt to be concise it does look at Obama’s presidency through rose coloured glasses.
January 5, 2022
I dislike DK, which used to be a reputable publisher but now publishes 95 percent of its books from an evolutionary thesis.
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March 2, 2022This book is now available for loan from the SEC at Harcourt Hill Library :)
March 15, 2022
Fascinating and very well communicated information!
December 9, 2022
Michael Jackson and his family are missing. Apart from that it was a good first overview to me.
December 29, 2022
It's about stuff from Black History like the Harlem Renaissance, segregation in the US, and colonialism in Africa. I like everything in the book.
September 3, 2023
As someone who always struggled in school with retaining information communicated through timelines, I'm extra impressed by this!
CW: Racism, grief, slavery, violence
CW: Racism, grief, slavery, violence
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