Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Youth, February 2023
prepared by Alvin R. Blount
Diocese of East Tennessee
Maya Angelou: Diversity Makes for a Rich Tapestry
-Donna Brown Agins
-library binding, $4.94
-128 pages
-ages 10 years and up
-Enslow Pub Inc
-2006
-description: This biography series features contemporary African Americans who are important role models for young people.
Agins, D. B. (2006). Maya Angelou: Diversity Makes for a Rich Tapestry. Enslow Pub Inc.
A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia, in the Year 1793: And a Refutation of Some Censures, Thrown Upon Them in Some Late Publications
-Richard Allen
-Absalom Jones
-$2.99
-S12.00
-29 pages
-On Kindle Scribe
-2012
-description: Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Absalom Jones, the first Black priest in The Episcopal Church, were partners in their fight for racial equality in Philadelphia, particularly during a severe yellow fever epidemic. Philadelphia’s Mayor Clarkson asked Allen and Jones to organize the African American community to assist in caring for those stricken as mostly White citizens were dying from the disease.
Allen, R. & Jones, A. (2012). A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia, in the Year 1793: And a Refutation of Some Censures, Thrown Upon Them in Some Late Publications. On Kindle Scribe.
A Thanksgiving Sermon
-Absalom Jones
-Kindle, $0.99
-22 pages
-On Kindle Scribe
-2010
-description: This sermon was preached on January 1, 1808, in St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, by The Reverend Absalom Jones on account of the abolition of the African slave trade.
Jones, A. (2010). A Thanksgiving Sermon. On Kindle Scribe.
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
-Jerry Pinkney
-hardcover, $17.99
-160 pages
-late elementary to early middle grades
-Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
-2023
-description: This is a memoir of an award-winning artist and children’s literature legend, Jerry Pinkney. Pinkney, creator of The Lion & the Mouse and The Little Mermaid, drew constantly, which enabled him to make sense of the world. It also served as a coping mechanism for his learning disability, and the normal life of segregation for Black Americans. His works have been featured in The New York Times, American Artists Magazine, and more.
Pickney, J. (2023). Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Articles
The Archives of the Episcopal Church. (n.d.). Leadership Gallery: The Reverend Absalom Jones, 1746-1818. The Church Awakens: African Americans and the Struggle for Justice. https://episcopalarchives.org/church-awakens/exhibits/show/leadership/clergy/jones
The Archives of the Episcopal Church. (n.d.). Legacy: The Free African Society. The Church Awakens: African Americans and the Struggle for Justice. https://episcopalarchives.org/church-awakens/exhibits/show/legacy/free-african-society
Podcast
Kester-McCabe, D. (2016, January 22). Absalom Jones & Richard Allen [Video]. YouTube.