Bibliograph

Carter reads the newspaper, written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Don Tate

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Carter reads the newspaper, written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Don Tate

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Carter reads the newspaper

Oclc number

318103

Responsibility statement

written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Don Tate

Summary

"Carter G. Woodson was born ten years after the end of the Civil War, to parents who had both been enslaved. Their stories were not the ones written about in history books, but Carter learned them and kept them in his heart. Carter's father could not read or write, but he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day, and from this practice, he learned about the world and how to find out what he didn't know. Many years later, when he was a student at Harvard University (the second African-American and the only child of enslaved parents to do so), one of his professors said that black people had no history. Carter knew that wasn't true--and he set out to make sure the rest of us knew as well"--Provided by the publisher

Target audience

juvenile

Classification