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Storyopolis 12348 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 818-509-5600 Twelfth Baptist Church Bookstore 150-160 Warren St., Roxbury, MA 617-442-7855 Underground Books 2814 35th St, Sacramento, CA 916-737-7466 |
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| February 2, 2010 Black History Month, An Interview with Karyn Parsons |
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We are proud to announce that The
Journey of Henry 'Box' Brown and Garrett's Gift will
both be featured at the 18th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Children's
Festival in Los Angeles! The festival takes place February 10th - 17th with Sweet Blackberry's films kicking off the Saturday Morning Children's Fest on February 13th. For more information, please visit: www.paff.org/guide/subgenre/ |
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| Thanks for the info Henry"Box"Brown I graduated almost 30 yrs ago and had History in college and never heard of Mr. Brown noe William and Ellen Craft. Denise |
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Anderson and I'm a twenty-three year old
female living near Seattle, WA who happened to overhear you talk about
Henry Box Brown's life over the radio (KUOW, 94.9 Seattle). I decided
to look it up on Google as soon as I got home and then I found out
it was for kids!...A link to a narrative of Henry Box Brown also popped
up and I decided to put that on my birthday list. …I love the
mission of your organization and think that it's wonderful that you
and your staff are working to educate young African American boys
and girls about African American men and women and heroes to us all.
I'm a Caucasian woman and have grown up in a predominantly white area,
but I've got more soul and perspective in my life thanks to the lessons
I've learned from my African American sisters and brothers… I will support your organization by word of mouth and I look forward
to reading that narrative as soon as possible. |
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| we received it this past week. I can't wait
to show it to my class, but what is even more wonderful is that it
has become a favorite of my own children - ages 5 and 3. They LOVE
watching the story. The 5 year old understands a bit more of the story
- and my 3 year old can tell you all about the bird and the mouse
and what they say to "Henry Box". New Sweet Blackberry Fan |
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| I enjoy watching you play as Hilary on "Fresh
Prince of Bel Air", but I believe that I am going to enjoy even
more the DVD of "Henry Box Brown." I think that this is
an excellent way of educating children AND adults alike about the
people in our heritage and the struggles that they went through to
gain the freedom that we enjoy today. I hope that there will be much
more to come. I certainly will share this with my children, my grandchildren,
and as many teachers, and other parents and grandparents that want
to give their children knowledge of our foreparents' struggle for
freedom. God bless you in your endeavors. Please put me on your mailing
list. I am anxious to know about future DVDs, movies, books, etc. Beverly Willis |
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| this is a beautiful and refreshing | ||
effort on karyn's part. As a mother myself I have a curious 4 year old who is now asking about race and why one of his grandmas is "brown" and the other is "yellow" and it is nice to see that we have something to teach our kids that involves our history aside from the regular MLK and Malcomn X stories because these should not be forgotten but the schools are not changing or adding anything that goes beyond that. Nore |
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| project. I too am a mother always
searching for products for my children that represent our culture.
I have sent your link to every parent and educator I know. Best Wishes and MUCH Success in your endeavor!!!! Tiffany Jackson |
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| and I turned to KJLH this morning and heard
about Sweet Blackberry for the first time. I am a mother of 3 and
I am so glad that someone is concerned about getting our stories out.
I learned all of my black history from the black church and now that
I have children of my own I want to make sure they know their history
as well. My husband pastors a church in Compton, Ca and we are having our annual Black History Program this Saturday Feb. 18th at 3:00 p.m. and I am going to make sure that I mention your website. May God bless you in your endeavor. I will visit the website often to see what else you are doing and continue to spread the word. Sincerely, Beth Berry |
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| You were recently at Salem Baptist Church
of Chicago promoting the Sweet Blackberry DVD's. I was very impressed
with your idea to provide our little ones with a piece of African-American
history in a way they can relate to it. I'm a first grade teacher
at an inner-city school in Chicago. One of the biggest problems I
have with teaching younger students history is finding material that
is age appropriate. Your company is definitely filling a void! I applaud
your efforts. Taffney Washington |
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| Thanks for the Karyn Parsons article. | ||
| I agree whole heartedl y with Karyn in regards to supplementing our children's knowledge of our history and slavery. I am the mother of two daughters, and I spend a great deal of time educating them on the truth's of our history and slavery. Thanks to Karyn I can now introduce my girls to a broader spectrum of who we are, where we come from, and how we were able to breakthrough the many barriers in our path. Thanks a million for sharing! Jackie |
