Tell All the Children Our Story
Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America

I think all black men and black women should read books. They don’t have to be books about a certain topic, although depictions of our ancestry are important. This is a quick read to get you geared up for more intensive works. I enjoyed the narratives in the words of actual people. This book showed......more

Writer Tonya Bolden’s book, Tell All The Children: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America, was published in 2001. The book is an introduction to the history of Black Americans focused on the lives of children from the arrival of Africans in the Colonial United States in 1619 until......more

This book was powerful. Its message is much needed in our current day. I loved how the personal testimonies and accounts were interwoven throughout the narrative, making the history feel personal and real. The pacing was excellent, keeping me engaged from start to finish. I’ll definitely be rereading......more

A fantastic history of Black childhood in America written for upper elementary students. It incorporates art, first hand accounts, historical documents, interviews, illustrations, and photography from the 17th century through the 20th century. Set up like a scrapbook the author tells the hardship an......more

This book is a multicultural non fiction book and is about the terrible things African Americans went through in our history. I think this book would be a great read for a social studies lesson to introduce African American history in this country.......more