{"product_id":"lest-we-forget-isbn-9780760363829","title":"Lest We Forget","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis collectible book by distinguished public historian Velma Maia Thomas offers an intimate look at black history in America with exclusive accounts, photographs, and interactive and removable artifacts. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Presented in three parts—\u003ci\u003eLest We Forget\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFreedom’s Children\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Not Be Moved\u003c\/i\u003e—the history comes to life through \u003cb\u003e5 interactive items attached to the pages\u003c\/b\u003e throughout, along with \u003cb\u003e10 more pieces of removable memorabilia\u003c\/b\u003e contained in an envelope at the back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLest We Forget\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eBased on materials from the nationally acclaimed Black Holocaust Exhibit, \u003ci\u003eLest We Forget\u003c\/i\u003e documents the plight of an estimated 100 million Africans, \u003cb\u003efrom their rich pre-slavery culture to their enslavement\u003c\/b\u003e in a foreign land. This collection of stirring historic papers, memoirs, personal effects, and photographs presented alongside moving commentary chronicles the unyielding strength of a people who refused to be broken.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFreedom’s Children\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eTaste the sweetness of freedom and the bitter struggle for equality through the documents that impacted the lives of an entire race. \u003ci\u003eFreedom’s Children\u003c\/i\u003e vividly presents the heart-wrenching and inspiring account of freedmen and freedwomen during \u003cb\u003eReconstruction\u003c\/b\u003e and into the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe Shall Not Be Moved\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eThroughout the twentieth century, African Americans would trouble the waters of America—agitating, challenging, and defying the status quo. \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Not Be Moved\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the struggles and triumphs of African Americans \u003cb\u003eleading up to and during the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/b\u003e. Feel the strength of those entrenched in the fight for justice up through the twenty-first century in an afterword that includes the election of America's first African American president and the beginning of the \u003cb\u003e#BlackLivesMatter movement\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMake a personal connection with black history\u003c\/b\u003e as you unfold a receipt for a five-year-old girl sold for one cent, hold a freed slave's manumission papers, flip through a deposit book for a savings account at the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, read a letter home from one of the first black army nurses sent overseas during WWII, and open a list of rules for lunch counter sit-ins distributed by a Nashville student in 1960. A \u003cb\u003efoldout timeline\u003c\/b\u003e gives a chronology of the African American history and experience. The additional \u003cb\u003eremovable replica artifacts\u003c\/b\u003e allow you to hold in your hand: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosa Parks's fingerprints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA slave receipt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFBI poster for one of the most high-profile cases of the civil rights movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA telegram to the White House from famed baseball player and activist Jackie Robinson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA newspaper from 1857\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Black Panther Party poster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this richly designed and illustrated book, take an intimate, tangible, and unforgettable journey through more than 400 years of black history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"becker\u0026mayer! books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892477391077,"sku":"NP9780760363829","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_80c5449d-285c-4528-b12f-12f74c4aacea.jpg?v=1773103322","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/lest-we-forget-isbn-9780760363829","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}