Unlawful Orders, a Portrait of Dr. James B. Williams: Tuskegee Airman, Surgeon and Activist, won a 2023 award from the International Literacy Association in the Intermediate Nonfiction category. Take a look at a video booktalk made for the International Literacy Association about Unlawful Orders on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OSnOOW2TE4
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October 13, 2023, is a magical day for Illinois teachers, students and school librarians.
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Studens are heading back to school again, in a year roiling with the controversy over teaching Black history. Some parents and lawmakers apparently fear that teaching children about the accomplishments of Black people in the past will somehow damage white learners. I defy anyone to feel damaged by learning the story of Clara Belle Drisdale
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October 23, 2022 at 2:pm Launch event for Unlawful Orders at the 57th Street Books, 1301 E 57th street in Chicago Illinois. The author of Unlawful Orders, a nonfiction middle grade historical biography of Dr. James Buchanan Williams that covers the 20th century battle for equal rights in society and the medical profession. Barbara Binns,
I have long been an advocate for reluctant readers. I’ve spoken at the Illinois Reading Council and the American Library Association on the subject. I believe that anything that makes a student want to read is a good book, no matter the subject matter. A fourteen year old who started A Banned Book Club at
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