375: Bringing Omitted BIPOC History to Light through Middle Grade Picture Books - Interview with Traci Sorell and Carole Boston Weatherford
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The Community Is the Central Character
The illustrations personalize it and the text keeps it more like the community is the central character. There's a couple of other recurring characters that i've noticed, like during the when they're fighting,. One particular black man who appears multiple times and seems to be very much like a central figure in terms of the illustrations. But again, they're not named. They're not actual characters. They're sort of representations of the greater community that make it feel personal.
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