This is a review for a new novel called Seven Sisters and a Brother: Friendship, Resistance, and Untold Truths Behind Black Student Activism in the 1960s published by Marilyn Allman Maye.
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Charlie and I will be reading this book for Black History Month. As well as studying the Author for our Homeschool Language Arts Class. I can’t wait to remind Charlie how they held a sit-in accomplishing there goals in Peace.
We will be able to discuss how Black Studies curriculum came into play. As well as allowing us to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement.
My favorite part of the new book was finding out each person has a chapter telling there own story allowing us to get to know them better and allowing us to use them for Creative Writing.
About:
Seven Sisters and a Brother: Friendship, Resistance, and Untold Truths Behind Black Student Activism in the 1960s by Marilyn Allman Maye, Harold S Buchanan, Jannette O. Domingo, Joyce Frisby Baynes, Marilyn Holifield, Myra E. Rose, Bridget Van Gronigen Warren, and Aundrea White Kelley
Seven Sisters and a Brother chronicles the historical eight-day sit-in at Swarthmore College that protested the decreased enrollment and hiring of African Americans at the school and demanded a Black Studies curriculum.
This collective narrative provides a very necessary and overdue retelling of the revolution that took place at Swarthmore College in 1969, combatting past negative and inaccurate media coverage.
The group of eight student protestors has only recently begun to receive credit for the school’s greater inclusiveness, as well as the positive influence their actions had on universities around the country.
Written by the students themselves, this book includes the untold stories about the authors’ family backgrounds and their experiences as student activists.
The authors share how friendships, out-of-the-box alliances, and a commitment to moral integrity strengthened them to push through and remain resilient in the face of adversity. View this book on Bookshop!
About Marilyn Allman Maye
Marilyn Allman Maye is an educator, leader, and advocate for high-quality teaching and learning, for children and adults, especially in mathematics and especially in communities of color.
She earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College in mathematics and sociology-anthropology, with a concentration in black studies, the program she and her co-authors had pioneered.
She earned an M.A.T. in mathematics from Harvard University, and an M.A. in mathematical statistics and Ed.D. in mathematics education from Columbia University.
A tenured professor at New Jersey City University and earlier at City University of New York, she has consulted regionally and nationally for school districts, departments of education, and professional development organizations. She led technology teams for New York City.
She serves as a founding trustee of two charter schools and as a church trustee. She has authored three books as Marilyn C. Maye, one of which she co-authored with her husband, Warren L. Maye.
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
