Podcasts Government On The Record New Must-Read Picks From CityLit's Carla Du Pree; The History Of The Red Ball Express

New Must-Read Picks From CityLit's Carla Du Pree; The History Of The Red Ball Express

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 3:19 p.m.

n anthology of Black American history...verses about the life of 18th-century poet Phillis Wheatley...short stories about girlhood in the South. These are some of the new must-read picks Carla Du Pree of CityLit Project offers us. She also previews next month’s virtual festival. And local history teacher Dante Brizill shares the unsung story of African-American war heroes who drove the Red Ball Express after D-Day. Check out Carla's book picks: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of Africa America 1619 - 2019 - Ibram X Kendi & Keisha N. Blain The Age of Phillis and The Love Songs of W. E. Du Bois - Honoree Fanonne Jeffers  The Prophet - Robert Jones Caul Baby - Morgan Jerkins Milk, Blood, Heat - Dantiel W. Moniz We Speak For Ourselves - D. Watkins The Sum of Us - Heather McGhee How the Word is Passed - Clint Smith Children’s & Young Adult Literature: Angel of Greenwood, Randi Pink; The Life I’m In, Sharon G Flake   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.