Carter Reads the Newspaper
By: Deborah Hopkinson
4.34
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
“Carter G. Woodson didn’t just read history. He changed it.” As the father of Black History Month, …
Want to Read $ 8.99"You'd have to look hard to find Oliver's name in a history book. But in that small mining camp in Fayette County, West Virginia, Oliver did something important: he changed on life, and that life changed many."-Deborah Hopkinson, Carter Reads the Newspaper
"You'd have to look hard to find Oliver's name in a history book. But in that small mining camp in Fayette County, West Virginia, Oliver did something important: he changed on life, and that life changed many."-Deborah Hopkinson, Carter Reads the Newspaper
"At Harvard, so the story goes, one of Carter's professors said that Black people had no history. Carter remembered his father's pride, his mother's courage, and Oliver's determination to learn. He remembered reading the newspaper. Carter spoke up. "No people lacked a history," he said. The professor challenged Carter to prove him wrong. For the rest of his life, Carter did just that."-Deborah Hopkinson, Carter Reads the Newspaper
"At Harvard, so the story goes, one of Carter's professors said that Black people had no history. Carter remembered his father's pride, his mother's courage, and Oliver's determination to learn. He remembered reading the newspaper. Carter spoke up. "No people lacked a history," he said. The professor challenged Carter to prove him wrong. For the rest of his life, Carter did just that."-Deborah Hopkinson, Carter Reads the Newspaper
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