Telling the Stories of the Black Experience to Children

“This exhibition takes up Walter Dean Myersʼs call for action by presenting a selection of inspiring works from the schomburgcenter collection that range from the late 1960s to the present. They represent some of the best writers and illustrators of the past 45 years, which includes Myersʼs Where Does the Day Go? and Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming. The aim is to move writers, illustrators, and publishers to create new works for young people of color because ‘books transmit values,’ Myers wrote. 'They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books? Where are the future white personnel managers going to get their ideas of people of color? Where are the future white loan officers and future white politicians going to get their knowledge of people of color? Where are black children going to get a sense of who they are and what they can be?’“

A fabulous exhibit at the Schomburg Center currently up until August 15th on ethnic diversity in children’s books and it’s importance for the youth to see. You can go visit for free and if in NYC highly suggest going.

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