The 2023 revision of the Virginia Studies Curriculum now includes Samuel Wilbert Tucker as a famous Virginian whom all Virginia 4th graders need to know. He organized the 1939 sit-in at the Alexandria Library to challenge their segregation-era policy of only allowing white people to use the public library. He…
Continue reading: Samuel Wilbert Tucker added to Virginia History CurriculumCategory: Samuel Wilbert Tucker: The Story of a Civil Rights Trailblazer and the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in
On a rainy night, a lively crowd heard about the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in and Samuel Wilbert Tucker’s work to challenge discrimination and school segregation through the courts.
Continue reading: Alexandria Public Library Author Talk, Dec 9, 2019Congratulations to Davis (Hampton, VA) Middle School teacher Rachelle Chambers and Librarian Nancy Terrell for their article “Planting Seeds Across Curricula” that was published in the October 2018 issue of Teacher Librarian. The collaborative U.S. history unit ended with my visit to share my journey writing Samuel Tucker’s biography. I’m…
Continue reading: Planting Seeds Across CurriculaFirst graders and Nancy Noyes Silcox after they listened to and critiqued manuscript for a new narrative nonfiction picture book manuscript about the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in. Sit Down for Justice at the Library is being sent to possible publishers now.
Continue reading: Sit Down for Justice at the LibrarySaturday, October 7th, 11-4 pm. Cascades Library 21030 Whitfield Pl, Potomac Falls, VA 20165 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in reading by Nancy Noyes Silcox EatLocalReadLocal_Flyer SATURDAY, OCT. 7 11 A.M. – 4 P.M. Held outdoors rain or shine. library.loudoun.gov Our second annual festival features food trucks, live music, 14 storytimes, raffles…
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