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A review by ljrinaldi
Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 by Joel Christian Gill
5.0
I read a book, a while back, that had Bessie Stringfiled in it, and that was how I found out that she was real, so it is wonderful to find this book about this Black woman motocycle rider from the 1930-1950s.
The drawings are a lot of fun, and the attitude shown in the book is great. There is a section where she is running away from the KKK, and she takes a flying leap with her motocycle, and escapes, and all she thinks is, wow, that was fun.
When asked why she didn’t do more for the Civil Rights movement, she said, she was going her part, out running the KKK and JIm Crow people who wanted her hide.
SHe was the only black woman in the army motocycle core, and rode across the United States 8 times, before the Interstate freeway system was built, so that is an amazing feet.
Some of the other reviews complained that we didn’t find out enough about her, but this is a kids book, and it does provide a good overview of her amazing life.
Highly recommend this for libraries, home libraries and schools. What a great woman to teach about, for Black History month, or all year round.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
The drawings are a lot of fun, and the attitude shown in the book is great. There is a section where she is running away from the KKK, and she takes a flying leap with her motocycle, and escapes, and all she thinks is, wow, that was fun.
When asked why she didn’t do more for the Civil Rights movement, she said, she was going her part, out running the KKK and JIm Crow people who wanted her hide.
SHe was the only black woman in the army motocycle core, and rode across the United States 8 times, before the Interstate freeway system was built, so that is an amazing feet.
Some of the other reviews complained that we didn’t find out enough about her, but this is a kids book, and it does provide a good overview of her amazing life.
Highly recommend this for libraries, home libraries and schools. What a great woman to teach about, for Black History month, or all year round.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.