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In this issue, LVM Shelton reviews The Third Reconstruction.
Plus - children's books on the African American experience and a biography of the first African American woman to publish and edit a newspaper!

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Dear Friend,


February continues the crystalline stillness of winter, and brings us an official day to celebrate loving, another official day to celebrate two U.S. presidents we can look up to, and a full month to honor, explore, and share more about the innovators and pioneers, educators, leaders and many others who are a part of African American history. QuakerBooks & More is proud to carry titles year-round that describe the work of these individuals and their contributions - titles which empower and move forward our community of F/friends, activists and the spiritually curious.

Along with our regular features in this issue of BookMusings, we include a biography of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first female African American newspaper publisher and editor in North America, and later the second African American woman in the U.S. to earn a law degree. She also participated actively in many of the social and political movements that influenced the 19th century.

For more titles associated with Black History Month, follow FGC, QuakerBooks & More's parent organization, on Facebook and Twitter!

In the Light,
Samantha Wilson
Manager, QuakerBooks & More


In This Issue:
Ellen's Review Corner: The Third Reconstruction
- Featured Reading List: Children's Books on the African American Experience
- What are you reading? 
- Friends Journal Book Reviews: February 2017
- Quaker Classic: The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman
- A Voice of Courage and Determination

 
Illustration from Ezra Jack Keats
This month, guest reviewer LVM Shelton offers a compelling critique of The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II's bestseller, The Third Reconstruction. ”[T]his is not a story about me,” Barber writes. “The most important word in the justice vocabulary is always 'we.’”   

Read LVM Shelton's review of The Third Reconstruction now.
This month, we're featuring a collection of thoughtful and powerful stories that deserve to be important staples in any children's book collection.

View the Children's Books on the African American Experience Reading List on QuakerBooks.org.
Each month, Friends Journal reviews a wide selection of books by and of interest to Friends. Check out the Friends Journal book reviews for February 2017, then purchase them at QuakerBooks & More! Buy any of these selected titles for 10% off using the code FJReviews at checkout.

View Friends Journal's featured books on the QuakerBooks & More website.
John Woolman was a Quaker minister and an early abolitionist during the colonial era in the United States. Friends with a passion for social justice and activists seeking inspiration for nonviolent action are encouraged to check out The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman, available now at QuakerBooks & More. 

Buy The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman now.
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