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  Narrated by four time Emmy Award-winning actress, Alfre Woodard, The Journey of Henry Box Brown tells the true story of a slave's brave and dangerous quest for freedom. This animated treasure for children is illustrated by graphic artist Mark Page, with music by Grammy-nominated artist Coati Mundi of Kid Creole & The Coconuts.

The Journey of Henry Box Brown is a story of determination and courage that you and your child won't soon forget! Ages 3-10.

DVD includes special features:
What is Freedom?, historical information and more!

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  Sweet Blackberry's Garrett's Gift tells the inspiring story of African American inventor Garrett Morgan. Narrated by award-winning actress and vocalist Queen Latifah, Garrett's Gift teaches us that we are all born with a gift, something that's ours alone, but what is most important is that we give that gift back to the world.

Garrett's Gift is illustrated by Coretta Scott King award-winner R. Gregory Christie, with original music by Coati Mundi of Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
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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.
Thank Mrs. Parsons and VIBE.

Denise

 
     
  Hello, my name is Lindsay  
 

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.
Thanks for all your work and may God continue to bless your heart and the work of your hands today and always.
With heartfelt gratitude,
Lindsay Anderson

 
     
  Thank you so much for the DVD  
  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".

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  Dear Karen,  
  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
 
     
     
  Henry Box Brown...thank you  
 

so much.

I'm sitting here watching this DVD again with Max (he watched it several times yesterday after we opened the package) I cannot tell you how much we are enjoying this - Max especially. I was actually moved to tears, during the first screening, and then to read the bio on Henry Box Brown--Oh my God!! Incredible.

As an African American parent I have been thinking a lot lately about how to broach the subject of Slavery and racism to my biracial son. At the moment, Max's world is idyllic and innocent, like most kids his age. As an actress I've portrayed Rosa Parks for 2nd and 3rd graders and have had to make her harrowing story and the Montgomery Bus Boycott really kid friendly - not easy to do! This DVD is an excellent segue for all kids and especially younger kids like Max.

Thanks to your story I was able to introduce the subject of slavery to my son quite easily, and also to explain to him why he is having a day off from school on Martin Luther King's birthday.

I wish you much success with this project and I look forward to seeing your other pieces. I would like to lend it to Max's teacher so she can show it to her class. I think it works as a great teaching tool. I don't know what your distribution plans are but this would be perfect for the Scholastic Book Club. At any rate, I plan on buying some more copies!! Max wanted to know if there will be a CD with music to accompany the DVD?

Anyway, congratulations and thanks again! "It's my favorite movie..." says Max (without any coaching).
All the best to you and your family,
Melissa

 
     
  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.
Thank you to Karyn and all those that take the time to do this.

Nore

 
     
 
     
  I am so excited about your  
  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
 
     
  I was flipping radio stations  
  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
 
     
  Hello Mrs. Parsons,  
  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
 
     
  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

 
     
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