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N.Y. Nathiri, executive director for the Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts in the historically rich city of Eatonville, Fla., says it’s important for young blacks to know their history.
N.Y. Nathiri, executive director for the Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts in the historically rich city of Eatonville, Fla., says the importance of knowing your past is significant for the young black culture which consistently molds the definition of popular culture.
She shares three books with rolling out that will help young black readers increase their awareness of black history and culture.-kim smith
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston- “When you see the dialect there, just read it. Don’t try to make it into a language. It is the kind of speech that black people still use. I recommend it simply because young people love that book. It’s a romance. It’s a story about men and women and adventure.”
“Jubilee” by Margaret Walker- “She researched her family and traced it back to enslavement and then he chronicles and what it means to experience freedom and what it means for them to thrive. ‘Jubilee’ is in a way like ‘Roots.’”
“Autobiography of Malcolm X”- “This may be a good book for young people as they are making their way and trying to find their path.” – kim smith
