By Anushi Mehta Today we're pleased to welcome Linda Williams Jackson to the WNDB blog to discuss middle grade book The Lucky Ones, out April 19, 2022! It’s 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He’s going to grow up to be a teacher or a lawyer—or maybe both—and live in a … [Read more...] about Q&A With Linda Williams Jackson, The Lucky Ones
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I Wrote a Dark-Skinned Black Girl Like Me Into a Musical Theater Story
By Dana L. Davis “Omigosh, Mom. You have to hear this new song,” I gushed on a cool day in November. It was 1996, and I was a senior in high school. I had just discovered music from a show that was headed to Broadway. I should mention it was my favorite time of year. The lush green trees that … [Read more...] about I Wrote a Dark-Skinned Black Girl Like Me Into a Musical Theater Story
