Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker unearth botany’s buried history. “B Is for Breadfruit,” from “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children.”Credit...Kara Walker Supported by By Celia McGee Celia ...
Jamaica Kincaid's new children's book, "An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children," explores plant life, colonization, and religion through bold illustrations. The Antiguan-American novelist, ...
Had anything resembling “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children” actually existed in the days of antebellum plantation culture, it would have been forbidden fruit: Few enslaved people, ...
Dr. Martha Bireda shares how colored children were taught lessons to: deny their inferiority... Dr. Martha Bireda shares how colored children were taught lessons to: deny their inferiority; affirm ...