Stories from the Brownie Book (eBook)

This was inevitable in our role as newspaperbut what effect must it have on our children? To educate them in human hatred is more disastrous to them than to the hated; to seek to raise them in ignorance of their racial identity and peculiar situation is inadvisableimpossiblethere seems but one alternative: We shall publish hereafter not one Children's Number a year, but twelve! Messrs. DuBois and Dill will issue in November, in co-operation with the crisis, but as an entirely separate publication, a little magazine for childrenfor all children, but especially forours, the Children of the Sun. It will be called, naturally,The Brownies' Book, and as we have advertised, It will be a thing of Joy and Beauty, dealing in Happiness, Laughter and Emulation, and designed especially for Kiddies from Six to Sixteen. It will seek to teach Universal Love and Brotherhood for all little folkblack and brown and yellow and white.Stories From the Brownies Bookis a new collection of tales celebrating African American childrens literature and the groundbreaking work of the N.A.A.C.P. Originally conceived by W.E.B. DuBois, Jessie Redmon Fauset, and Augustus Granville Dill,The Brownies Bookwas a one-of-a-kind literary magazine that was the first to cater specifically to Black children.With over two dozen works of fiction such as, A Visit to Fairyland, How Brer Possum Outwitted Brer Rabbit, and Those Who Have No Turkey, as well as selected biographies of legendary Black figures including Benjamin Banneker, Toussaint Louverture, and Alexandre Dumas;Stories From the Brownies Bookoffers some of the best childrens literature of the early twentieth century.Since our inception in 2020,Mint Editionshas kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.