Hook Students on Minnesota History will feature Nancy Noyes Silcox’s new book A Place Called Home about German Immigrants from Cincinnati who seek security, opportunity and freedom in New Ulm, a new settlement on the Minnesota frontier. MEA 2024 is Oct. 17th at Saint Paul RiverCentre, 175 West Kellogg Boulevard,…
Continue reading: Minnesota Education Association Conference Oct 17thCategory: Author Visits
Meet the author, Nancy Noyes Silcox, and hear about A Place Called Home: The Story of German Immigrants from Cincinnati, Ohio to New Ulm, Minnesota 1856-1862. It’s the story of young Carolina Beck and her family who are driven from Cincinnati, Ohio, by rising hostilities toward immigrants. They travel by…
Continue reading: A Place Called Home at Twin Cities Book Festival Oct. 19thOn August 24, 2024, the Brown County Historical Society in New Ulm, Minnesota, will host an author talk and book signing for A Place Called Home: The Story of German Immigrants from Cincinnati, Ohio to New Ulm, Minnesota 1856-1862. The event begins at 12 noon in the museum annex and…
Continue reading: A Place Called Home Release Date50 North, 1651 Jefferson Parkway, Northfield MN 55057 Refused a library card at the public library, twenty-six-year-old African American lawyer Samuel W. Tucker organized a sit-in to protest the library’s whites-only policy in 1939. He defended the protesters when they were arrested for disorderly conduct. Facing down Virginia’s “massive resistance”…
Continue reading: Author Talk at 50 North, Northfield, MN June 21, 2024Telling Samuel Wilbert Tucker’s story in the Alexandria, VA church his family attended and where he played the piano, was especially meaningful for me. I was thrilled to be invited and pleased so many people, including neighbors, wanted to know more about Tucker and his work to desegregate public libraries…
Continue reading: Tucker Talk at Zion Baptist Church, Feb. 12, 2023The Story of a Civil Rights Trailblazer and the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-In. The earliest known sit-in for civil rights occurred at the Alexandria (Virginia) Public Library on August 21, 1939. In Samuel Wilbert Tucker, Nancy Silcox charts the story of a young African American lawyer who grew up in Alexandria…
Continue reading: Author Talk at Arlington Central Library, Feb 26th, 7pmExcited to talk about Samuel Wilbert Tucker’s life, the library sit-in and my research journey to tell the story at Alexandria’s Beatley Library on Dec. 9th at 7 pm.
Continue reading: 80th Anniversary 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in Author Talk Dec 9thMeeting with Tarrant’s 7th graders April 22nd to close their research unit on change makers. They read the biography I wrote about Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in and researched other people who have made a difference in their communities. During my presentation we’ll explore these questions: Who are…
Continue reading: Tarrant Middle School (Hampton, VA) Change MakersFollowing my presentation about the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in, 175 7th graders at New Ulm (MN) Middle School asked wide-ranging and thoughtful questions. They asked about what motivated Samuel Tucker to organize the sit-in and thought about what they could do to make a difference in their world.
Continue reading: Minnesota 7th graders Learn About 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-inCheck out this news release about my visit to Davis Middle School in Hampton, VA. The accompanying photo shows students with the Lego Wall to demonstrate their understanding of violent and nonviolent protests. It was a wonderful opportunity for learning. http://www.hampton.k12.va.us/news/2018April/DavisAuthor.html
Continue reading: Hampton City Schools reports on Silcox author visit