The American Association of School Librarians has accepted our presentation on how teachers and librarians in Virginia have collaborated to include historic little-known events in history and language arts instruction. AASL’s national conference will be in Phoenix in November 2017. Linda Mitchell, librarian at Stonewall Middle School in Manassas, VA, and I will…
Continue reading: Alexandria Library Sit-in Goes NationalAuthor: nancynoyessilcoxbooks
After 7th graders read Samuel Wilbert Tucker’s biography and learned about other people who overcame adversity, I spent a wonderful day with them talking about lessons learned from Tucker and the 1939 Alexandria Library protesters who simply wanted to borrow books from their public library. We talked about courage, persistence, and seeing…
Continue reading: National Library Week at Davis MS, Hampton VAPeople who act for social justice inspire us to search for our own power to face adversity, challenge what we know is wrong, and fight for justice and equal opportunity for all. The five young African American men and Samuel Wilbert Tucker who challenged the policy of a segregated Alexandria…
Continue reading: The Power of One: Active Engagement for Social JusticeJefferson Davis Middle School 7th graders in Hampton, VA reading Samuel Wilbert Tucker: The Story of a Civil Rights Trailblazer and the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in for their unit The Power of One: Overcoming Adversity
Continue reading: Davis Students Read Tucker BiographyApril 10, 2017 I’ll be visiting 7th graders at Davis Middle School in Hampton, VA. Librarian Nancy Terrell and Davis teachers are using Samuel Wilbert Tucker: The Story of a Civil Rights Trailblazer and the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in for the third year in their study of violent and nonviolent protests and…
Continue reading: Davis Middle School VisitMy first conference of children’s book writers and illustrators was everything I’d hoped for. What a fabulous opportunity to learn from people who know about creating and publishing books for young readers. It’s not only a day and a half of intense submersion in literary pool, but a chance to connect with…
Continue reading: SCBWI Conference in New YorkBryan Collier shared Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me in his opening keynote. It’s a compelling story of coping with loss and surviving. Bryan gave a shoutout to teachers and librarians who try to fill the holes some kids live with every day. Bryan was the lunch speaker at the VAASL (VEMA)…
Continue reading: Meeting Bryan Collier at SCBWIAlexandria is Site of Early Civil Rights Sit-in was a story NBC Channel 4 in Washington DC did on February 6, 2017 about the peaceful public library protest that happened 21 years before the lunch counter sit-ins of the 1960s. This is the link on their website: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Unsung-Civil-Rights-Hero-Comes-To-Light_Washington-DC-412947913.html A transcript of the story is also…
Continue reading: Alexandria Library Sit-in News Again