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“Picture the Dream,” on display at the New-York Historical Society, shows that children, far from being mere witnesses to the civil rights movement, have played central roles in it.

How children’s books carry on the struggle for civil rights By Murray Whyte Globe Staff,Updated April 9, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Philippe Lardys illustration for "A Wreath for Emmett Till" by Marilyn Nelson.Philippe Lardy AMHERST — On the left is a simple drawing of young Rosa McCauley, her black hair tied in bows, posed with her parents and baby brother at home in Tuskegee, Ala. On the right are pale riders in white hoods on dark horses, thundering hatred through the inky...

‘Picture the Dream’ exhibit first to tell Civil Rights Movement through picture book art Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 15, 2021 Bryan Collier, Illustration for All Because You Matter by Tami Charles. Collection of the artist. © 2020 Bryan Collier. Used by permission of Scholastic Inc. Facebook Share Her research five years ago into what books were included in similar shows revealed there had been “no exhibition that illuminates the power of the picture book medium as a lens into the...