Take a story walk through the eyes and feelings of African Americans from slavery to the mid-seventies. Using award-winning literature via stories and poetry, the audience will experience plantation life and escape, life view of a 110-year-old supercentenarian, living with Jim Crow during a motor trip down south, death of Emmitt Till poetically immortalized, feelings of interracial children (Black and Jewish) during the ’70s and some experiences of outstanding African Americans (George Washington Carver, Gordon Parks and Mary McCloud Bethune). Program contents can vary to suit the audience.
Speakers Expertise:
A recently retired school administrator and professional storyteller, Ms. Clark presents programs that combine her love of literature with her diverse educational background. She holds an undergraduate degree in education from the University of Memphis and a master's degree in library science from the University of Michigan. She has worked as a teacher, school and public librarian, coordinator of media and enrichment services and K-12 librarian media department head. She has served on the Newbery and Caldecott Committees and chaired the Coretta Scott King Award Jury and Coretta Scott King Award Committee for the American Library Association.
