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;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Online:geo:39.8007869,-86.1584839 GEO:39.8007869;-86.1584839 DESCRIPTION:The Center for Black Literature & Culture (CBLC) welcomes Roch elle Riley presenting her new book "That They Lived". .\nhttps://indianapo lis.libnet.info/event/5074732 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This event is being presented as a video o n The Indianapolis Public Library's Facebook page and YouTube page.
\n"That They Lived: African Am ericans Who Changed the World" features Riley&rsquo\;s grandson\, Caleb\, and Lola photographed in timeless black and white\, dressed as important i ndividuals such as business owners\, educators\, civil rights leaders\, an d artists\, alongside detailed biographies that begin with the figures as young children who had the same ambitions\, fears\, strengths\, and obstac les facing them that readers today may still experience. Muhmmad Ali&rsquo \;s bike was stolen when he was twelve years old and the police officer he reported the crime to suggested he learn how to fight before he caught up with the thief. Bessie Coleman\, the first African American female aviato r\, collected and washed her neighbors&rsquo\; dirty laundry so she could raise enough money for college. When Duke Ellington was seven years old\, he preferred playing baseball to attending the piano lessons his mom had a rranged. "That They Lived" fills in gaps in the history that American chil dren have been taught for generations. For African American children\, it will prove that they are more than descendants of the enslaved. For all ch ildren\, it will show that every child can achieve great things and work t ogether to make the world a better place for all.
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