Tag Archives: The Underground Railroad

Introducing Kids To The Underground Railroad

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

The librarian at the check-out desk looked at me a little strangely when I picked up a large stack of picture books. She knows I don’t have children and beautifully illustrated thirty page books are not the typical volumes found … Continue reading →

Posted in Slavery | Tagged black history month, black-history-2019, Harriet Tubman, Henry Box Brown, history education, slavery, talking with young children, teaching children, The Underground Railroad | 3 Comments

Underground Railroad Wins Pulitzer in Fiction

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

The Pulitzer Prizes were announced this afternoon, and while most of the attention goes to the journalism awards, the Pulitzer committee also makes awards in arts & letters. This year’s winner for fiction was Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad. ECW’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Slavery | Tagged Arlington National Cemetery, Colson Whitehead, fiction, Micki McElya, New England Bound, Politics of Mourning, Pulitzer Prize, slavery, The Underground Railroad, Wendy Warren | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: The Underground Railroad

Introducing Kids To The Underground Railroad

Underground Railroad Wins Pulitzer in Fiction

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