S4Ep37: Standing In The Need of Prayer
This week Sarah and Mike talk with author Carole Boston Weatherford about her new book, Standing In The Need of Prayer. \xa0 From Carole Boston Weatherford, two-time NAACP Image Award winner and author of\xa0Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, and Coretta Scott King-winning illustrator Frank Morrison comes STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER (Crown Books for Young Readers; on sale September 20, 2022; 32 pages; Ages 6-9), a stunning and deeply moving picture book inspired by the spiritual. The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history. \xa0 Starting from 1619 and stretching more than four hundred years, this book features pivotal moments such as the arrival of enslaved people in Jamestown, Virginia; Nat Turner's rebellion; the integration of the US military; the Selma to Montgomery marches; and present-day protests. It also celebrates the feats of African American musicians and athletes, such as Duke Ellington and Florence Griffith Joyner. Carole Boston Weatherford\u2019s riveting text and Frank Morrison\u2019s evocative and detailed paintings are informative reminders of yesterday, hopeful images for today, and aspirational dreams of tomorrow. \xa0 Carole Boston Weatherford\xa0is a two-time NAACP Image Award winner and the author of\xa0Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, which won the Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Awards, a Caldecott Honor, and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor book\xa0Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom;\xa0and the Caldecott Honor books\xa0Freedom in Congo Square,\xa0Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, and\xa0Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Born in Baltimore, Weatherford now teaches at Fayetteville State University, in North Carolina.