Who I Am - Successes

Multicultural Themes in the Juvenile Collection

Who I Am - Successes

Winona Laduke by Michael Silverstone. After Winona moves from Los Angeles to the White Earth reservation in Minnesota, she experiences her heritage for the first time and begins to understand who she is; a determined woman with an idea of justice that captures the imagination. She founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project, fighting poverty and pollution by reclaiming treaty lands.

Voice That Challenged a Nation by Russell Freedman. The story of Marian Anderson, African American vocalist, her life and musical career in the context of civil rights. A singer pursuing her art despite the social constraints that limited African American performers. She came to stand for all African American artists and Americans of color when she gave her performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.