{"id":1247,"date":"2022-02-07T06:50:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2022-02-06T14:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T22:57:14","slug":"your-legacy-a-bold-reclaiming-of-our-enslaved-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/your-legacy-a-bold-reclaiming-of-our-enslaved-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yourlegacy-595x727.jpg?resize=525%2C641&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"641\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16214\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History<\/em><br \/>\nby Schele Williams (Author) and Tonay Engel (Illustrator)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GAPmYO\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781419748752\">Bookshop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781419748752?aff=anasuen09\">IndieBound<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> An introduction to African American history for children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> Your story begins in Africa. Did you know Africans were the first people on the earth? Africa is a continent that is home to many countries and many thriving nations.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History by Schele Williams (Author) and Tonay Engel (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: An introduction to African American history for children. 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Africa is a continent that is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/your-legacy-a-bold-reclaiming-of-our-enslaved-history\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-k7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1091,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/hidden-black-history-from-juneteenth-to-redlining\/","url_meta":{"origin":1247,"position":0},"title":"Hidden Black History: From Juneteenth to Redlining","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"June 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Hidden Black History: From Juneteenth to Redlining by Amanda Jackson Green (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: Many important moments in history have not been taught in schools or explored in the mainstream media. 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