A review by cstoeger
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney

4.0

What do Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Barack Obama all have in common? They have made a lasting contribution to African American history, and they are featured in Andrea Davis Pinkney’s book, Hand in Hand: Ten Black Man Who Changed America. Each man has a section, detailing his life’s struggles and specific accomplishments. Even though each section is concise, each man comes alive with Pinkney’s eloquent text. Andrea Davis Pinkney also enlisted the help of her husband, Brian Pinkney, to create the portraits at the beginning of each chapter. Horn Book Magazine calls it “an impressive accomplishment”. Ms. Pinkney was awarded the Coretta Scott King Award in 2013 for her outstanding work. A time line, sources, further reading, and an index are also included.