The African American Children’s Book Project, the organization behind the event, was founded by Director Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati 33 years ago, who says she “saw a void which still exists in ...

See 10 Photos of African-American History Through the Eyes of Children 2 minute read Man, woman, and child shown picking cotton in a field. Georgia, 1964.

First lady of Virginia Pam Northam handed cotton to African-American children on a tour of the governor’s mansion and asked them to imagine being slaves in the fields, the mother of one of the ...