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Publication Date: 2006-Feb
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Marilyn Nelson: Poetic Justice
Pierpont, Katherine
Teaching Pre K-8, v36 n5 p46-48 Feb 2006
This article features some of the books written by Marilyn Nelson. Here, the author discusses how she has written a children's book of poetry about lynching, entitled "A Wreath for Emmitt Till." The author discusses how her books for children honor and memorialize history-changing African Americans. Among other things, the author discusses some of the things that Marilyn Nelson considers in writing her books.
Descriptors: Poets, Poetry, Literary Genres, Violence, Civil Rights, Whites, Racial Relations, Racial Discrimination, African Americans, Books
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Language: English
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