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Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

107 pp. | Harcourt/Gulliver | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-15-201005-X $$20.00

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. Including "the tried-and-true sheroes of human equality" (Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks), Pinkney states her intention "to introduce some of those... whose praises have not been sung loudly enough." In her passion to reveal the strength of these ten remarkable women, Pinkney rises to moments of linguistic power. Alcorn's extraordinary bold tableaux consistently declare their own individuality as well as that of their subjects. Bib.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2000