Storybook · From the Block Storybooks, Book 6
From the Block to the Yard
Our People, Our Story
Ages 4 to 8
An HBCU homecoming story about history, family and seeing your future.
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Malik thinks college is just more school. Then Cousin Tasha invites him and Zuri to homecoming at her HBCU. Between the parade, the tailgate, the marching band and the step show, they learn the history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, from the Fisk Jubilee Singers to Mary McLeod Bethune, and Malik starts to picture himself on the Yard.
A gift for future college students, proud HBCU alumni and the kids they bring to homecoming.
What's inside
- A complete story for ages 4 to 8, told across 15 full-color two-page pictures
- The history of HBCUs, from Cheyney University and the Fisk Jubilee Singers to Mary McLeod Bethune
- Homecoming traditions: the parade, the tailgate, the marching band and the step show
- Famous HBCU graduates, from Thurgood Marshall to Toni Morrison
- Fact pages with sources at the back for parents and teachers
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