By Marilyn Borchardt | Development Director, Food First
John William Templeton, a San Francisco eduction activist, is offering to donate 25% of the price of a very special four volume anthology of the long history of contributions by Blacks to the development of California. Teachers and librarians will find many valuable lessons here.
This series is edited by John William Templeton with introduction by Food First Board President, Dr. Joyce King. Teachers who have used these materials have seen a dramatic improvement in Black student academic achievement. Our Roots Run Deep: the Black Experience in California brings the history to the present day, giving a multi-lingual context to the Golden State's history across indigenous, Spanish, Mexican and American phases. The fourth volume, The Black Queen: How African-Americans Put California on the Map, refers to that passage and how Hernan de Cortes applied the name to the western coast of North America just 15 years later while leading a party that included 300 Africans.
To learn more and order your copy of this four volume history, go to:
http://www.blackmoney.com/40068
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