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The New Jazz ArchiveE12 Billie HolidayA celebration of the life and musical genius of the great Billie Holiday, traveling the hard road she took on her way to becoming one of jazz’s most beloved voices, and talk with curators and authors who continue to expose young people to Lady Day’s talents. We’ll talk with biographer Robert O’Meally about Billie’s musical genius, chat with Jazz at Lincoln Center curator Phil Schaap about the great Louis Armstrong’s role in shaping her musical voice, and talk with the best-selling author who’s channeled Billie Holiday to create a brand new version of her autobio...2025-07-0859 min
Philadelphia Community PodcastInsight Pt. 2: Ice Skating for Peace, Carole Boston Weatherford Honored, Fountain Fund Philadelphia, The Power of Jury Duty🎙️ Alim Howell | Ice Skating for PeaceAlim Howell is an activist and advocate with the Race for Peace Committee, dedicated to fostering safer communities and stronger relationships between youth and law enforcement. He joins us to preview the 6th annual Ice Skating for Peace event—happening Friday, July 11th from 4:15 to 6:15 PM at the Skatium in Havertown. Sponsored by the Haverford Township Police Department, this free event features open skating, food, and drinks—all in the spirit of peace and unity.🔗 raceforpeace.org📲 Instagram, Facebook & X: @RFPCSocialMedia📚 Carole Boston Weatherford...2025-06-2730 min
Dr. Diane's Adventures in LearningRAP IT UP! Empowering Youth Through the Transformative Power of Rap with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston WeatherfordSend us a textDive into the dynamic world of rap as a powerful tool for youth empowerment with the acclaimed mother/son author duo, Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Discover how their newest picture book RAP IT UP! is transforming classrooms and empowering young voices worldwide.Summary: In this rollicking episode, we sit down with Carole Boston Weatherford, recipient of the 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award, and her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford to explore their groundbreaking collaboration, RAP IT UP!This project merges their love...2025-03-1925 min
The Children's Book PodcastHow Do You Spell Unfair with Carole Boston WeatherfordCarole Boston Weatherford, author of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee (Candlewick), talks about writing poetry, speaking history, and telling stories. Visit Carole online at cbweatherford.com You can pick up your own copy of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee (Candlewick) wherever books are found. Consider supporting independent bookstores by shopping through Bookshop.org. You can support this show in the process by using my affiliate link by clicking on the book’s name in our show notes. For a ful...2025-02-1123 min
The Carl Nelson ShowSadiki Bakari, Amde Hamilton & Carole Boston Weatherford l The Carl Nelson ShowDon’t miss a transformative session led by futuristic researcher Sadiki Bakari who will explore crucial topics like Mass Programming, Rituals, and False Media Narratives. Before him, we’ll have the privilege of hearing from Amde Hamilton, a founding member of the iconic Watts Prophets, who will share how their groundbreaking music directly influenced today’s Rap and Hip-Hop scene. Additionally, we’re excited to welcome the award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford to our discussion. The Black History Of Altadena And Pasadena Help From Home: How You Can Donate to Wildfire Victims See How Bob...2025-01-152h 44
Dr. Diane's Adventures in LearningCelebrating the Freedom to Read: A Look Back at Past Adventures in LearningSend us a textHappy New Year! Raise a glass as we celebrate the vibrant world of children's literature, featuring insights from 12 amazing authors and illustrators who have been guests on the pod. Savor these excerpts about the power of storytelling, the importance of connection, and the elephant in the room -- standing up for and celebrating the freedom to read. Grace Lin (1:20) and Vanessa Brantley Newton (4:05) explore storytelling's impact and the transformative power of literature. Don't miss The Gate, The Girl, and The Dragon and Shake It Off .Trudy L...2024-12-3156 min
Let Your Ears Discover the Magic of Full AudiobookWhirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination Audiobook by Carole Boston WeatherfordListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 800419
Title: Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Matt Godfrey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 00:45:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-12-24
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction
Summary:
Take a journey through the creative process that led folk artist Vollis Simpson to create his wonderful and whimsical wind-powered whirligigs and more in this STEAM/STEM picture book.Vollis Simpson was a man with a curious mindalways eager to know how things worked and how to fix them. Growing up on a farm in North...2024-11-1245 min
Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Carole Boston WeatherfordWelcome to another installment of the Shelf Care interview, an occasional podcast series in which Booklist editors talk to book people. This Shelf Care interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group.
In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talked to Carole Boston Weatherford about her forthcoming picture book, The Doll Test: Choosing Equality, which will be out in November. You can listen to this interview here.
Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of numerous award-winning books. Her picture book BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, illustrated by Michele Wood, received a Newbery honor. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race...2024-10-0817 min
Let Your Ears Discover the Magic of Full AudiobookHair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's: A Picture Book Audiobook by Carole Boston WeatherfordListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 790575
Title: Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's: A Picture Book
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Ruffin Prentiss
Format: Unabridged
Length: 00:13:02
Language: English
Release date: 10-01-24
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family
Summary:
IS YOUR HAIR LIKE MINE?
Inspired by the famous White House photograph of five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touching then President Barack Obamas hair, Carole Boston Weatherfords powerful text is an ode to all the things that make Black and Brown kids beautiful, strong, resilient, and powerful. From jazz great John Coltrane to astronaut and...2024-10-0113 min
Your Favorite Stories, Now in Your Ears - Full AudiobookBridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples Audiobook by Carole Boston WeatherfordListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 717407
Title: Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford, Mavis Staples
Narrator: Adenrele Ojo, Mavis Staples
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:28:07
Language: English
Release date: 07-09-24
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir
Summary:
Legendary singer and Civil Rights activist Mavis Staples has teamed with an award-winning children’s poet to share her rousing life story in this spectacular picture book, adapted for audio.
At 85, Mavis Staples is still singing in front of large audiences and sharing her message of love, faith, an...2024-07-0928 min
The Free BinReaders' Advisory: Juneteenth 2024Denyse brings some titles to celebrate Juneteenth, and Harrison brings a red beverage! In this episode: "An American Story" by Kwame Alexander "Box" by Carole Boston Weatherford "How Do You Spell Unfair?" by Carole Boston Weatherford "Indigo Dreaming" by Dinah Johnson "Moses" by Carole Boston Weatherford "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia "The Real History of Juneteenth" by Elliott Smith "The Undefeated" by Kwame Alexander 2024-06-1421 min
Books with BrookeDorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression by Carole Boston WeatherfordLearn about the Great Depression photographer in this episode of Books with Brooke as we read “Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression” by Carole Boston Weatherford.
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Story Time with Avant-garde Books, LLCMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (2006) by Carole Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)From a highly acclaimed author and bestselling artist comes a resounding, reverent tribute to Harriet Tubman, the woman who earned the name Moses for her heroic role in the Underground Railroad. I set the North Star in the heavens and I mean for you to be free...Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman hears these words from God one summer night and decides to leave her husband and family behind and escape. Taking with her only her faith, she must creep through woods with hounds at her feet, sleep for days in a potato hole, and trust p...2024-02-0714 min
Story Time with Avant-garde Books, LLCUnspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (2021) by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation’s history. The book traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa’s Greenwood district and chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community.News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation occurred for seventy-five years. This picture book sensitively introduces young readers to this tragedy and concludes with a call for a better future.
2024-01-2708 min
The Black Creators SeriesS4 Episode 4 - Carole Boston WeatherfordCarole Boston Weatherford is a New York Times best-selling author and poet of award-winning books for children. Her picture book How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee, illustrated by the talented Frank Morrison, is the story of young spelling champion MacNolia Cox’s groundbreaking achievement in the face of discrimination. Listen in as she talks with Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul, New York Times best-selling author and founder of Red Clay Educators, about her work and the profound and inspiring ways it can be used in classrooms.2024-01-1821 min
Midday'Kin: Rooted in Hope' uses poetry to unearth Black family rootsTom's guests are Carole Boston Weatherford, an award-winning author, and her award-winning son, Jeffery Boston Weatherford, who is an acclaimed illustrator. They have collaborated on a powerful book about their family’s journey in Maryland, from enslavement to freedom. It’s called Kin: Rooted in Hope. Carole and Jeffrey will speak about the book tonight at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.2023-10-1918 min
Experience the Story, Anywhere, Anytime With Free AudiobookKin: Rooted in Hope Audiobook by Carole Boston WeatherfordListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 676960
Title: Kin: Rooted in Hope
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 02:16:14
Language: English
Release date: 09-19-23
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Kids, General, Historical
Summary:
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Poetry Award Winner
An “imaginative and moving” (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.
I call their names...2023-09-192h 16
Raising Joyful and Resilient Black ChildrenExploring 'Kin: Rooted in Hope' - A Journey with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery WeatherfordBooks can serve as a powerful tool in raising children who are aware of their history and joyful, resilient, and deeply connected to their heritage. On todays episode, we explore the powerful middle-grade novel, KIN: ROOTED IN HOPE, by award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Jeffery Weatherford. During the conversation, Carole and Jeffery share the inspiration behind the book, the poetic forms used to write the book, working together, and how Kin addresses essential themes, heritage, and storytelling.This episode was produced by Jacqueline D...2023-09-1841 min
Raising Joyful and Resilient Black ChildrenExploring 'Kin: Rooted in Hope' - A Journey with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery WeatherfordBooks can serve as a powerful tool in raising children who are aware of their history and joyful, resilient, and deeply connected to their heritage. On todays episode, we explore the powerful middle-grade novel, KIN: ROOTED IN HOPE, by award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Jeffery Weatherford. During the conversation, Carole and Jeffery share the inspiration behind the book, the poetic forms used to write the book, working together, and how Kin addresses essential themes, heritage, and storytelling.This episode was produced by Jacqueline D...2023-09-1841 min
Dr. Diane's Adventures in LearningKin: Rooted in Hope -- Adventures in Learning with Award-Winning Mother-Son Author-Illustrator Team Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston WeatherfordSend us a textMeet author/illustrator team Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford (also mother and son). Carole has authored 70+ books, including award winning Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre; Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom; and All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jeffery's beautiful illustrations can be found in We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices and You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airman. On this episode, we celebrate the book birthday of their new, i...2023-09-0649 min
Artifactual JourneyEpisode 52: Kin with Carole and Jeffery Boston WeatherfordTo pre order a copt of Kin: Rooted in Hope, visit https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Kin/Carole-Boston-Weatherford/97816659136212023-08-3030 min
PreserveCastKIN: ROOTED IN HOPE with Carole Boston Weatherford & Jeffery Boston WeatherfordOn this week’s PreserveCast, join us as we talk with Carole Boston Weatherford and her son, Jeffrey Boston Weatherford, about their book Kin: Rooted in Hope. Carole and Jeffrey will share their journey creating this book, set in Talbot County, Maryland, which reimagines Wye House plantation and the nearby all-Black, Reconstruction-era hamlets of Copperville and Unionville, and the research into their ancestors that shaped the narrative.
Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including You Can Fly illustrated by her son Jeffery; Box, which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable, which won the Coretta Sc...2023-07-0331 min
Words, Images, & WorldsWords, Images, & Worlds with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston WeatherfordThe Weatherfords talk with me about close collaborations, the power of images and verse, and the vital work of exploring family history and sophisticated topics for young readers. You can read more about their work at https://cbweatherford.com/2023-06-1927 min
Under the Radar PodcastJuneteenth is shared with a new generation through these children's book authorsJune 19th, 1865, marked the first Juneteenth celebrations. Formerly enslaved Americans living in Texas got the official word that they were free men and women that day -- more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Parades, and festivals will mark this year's federal holiday with community observances nationwide sharing the story of Juneteenth.
But until relatively recently for many Americans, the holiday was unheard of, including for Kim Taylor author of A Flag for Juneteenth, "In 2014 I went to a party with a friend to celebrate Juneteenth, and at that time I hadn't heard of...2023-06-1833 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Kids, Non-fictionSugar Pie Lullaby: The Soul of Motown in a Song of Love by Carole Boston WeatherfordPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679265to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Sugar Pie Lullaby: The Soul of Motown in a Song of Love
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Channie Waites
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 0 hours 2 minutes
Release date: June 7, 2023
Genres: Non-fiction
Publisher's Summary:
You are the sunshine of my life. Morning, noon, and night … Inspired by the legendary music of the Motown era, award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford shares a heartwarming lullaby celebrating the powerful love families have for one another. Slip into this soulful dreamland filled with heart and a little musical history.2023-06-0702 min
Picture Books Are for Grown-Ups, Too!S1E16 | Kamalani Hurley and 'Unspeakable' (written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Floyd Cooper)“We don’t ignore the past. We live with the past every day. And so this idea of ignoring difficult past subjects really doesn’t make too much sense for me. How will you learn if you don’t talk about it?” –Kamalani HurleyListen in as Kamalani advocates for the importance of speaking about hard topics, recognizing your identity and the identity of those around you, knowing your culture, and telling the stories that history wants to erase. A thoughtful conversation filled with powerful commentary and reflection.Today’s Picture Book: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Mas...2023-04-2923 min
Picture•book•ing - interviews with authors and illustratorsCarole Boston Weatherford – You Are My PrideHost Nick Patton chats with award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford about the picture book YOU ARE MY PRIDE, illustrated by E.B. Lewis, a powerful story written in the voice of Mother Africa, reminding us of our timeless bond. They discuss how to approach writing from such a unique perspective, the stunning illustrations E.B. Lewis created, and how teaching has impacted Carole's writing.2023-04-1931 min
Explore New Worlds, Free Audiobook Are the Golden PearlsAll Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson Audiobook by Carole Boston WeatherfordListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 639038
Title: All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Carole Boston Weatherford
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:14:36
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Genres: Kids, Biography & Memoir
Summary:
Multi award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford delivers a message of perseverance, dignity, and honor in this audiobook biography of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Whatever she did, wherever she was, Ketanji Brown Jackson rose to the top.
From the time their daughter was born, Ketanji B...2023-02-2814 minUnder the Radar PodcastHow we teach race and racial justice to childrenThis week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Jan. 16 is the 37th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday to acknowledge the legacy of the civil rights leader. The reverend was a key leader in the transformative social justive movement which challenged a racially segregated America, and pushed the coutnry toward a more just future.
Understanding the complex history of race and racism in the United States and King's role in the civil rights movement is critical — but how do we explain the concepts to young kids?
Two experts wh...2023-01-1533 min
Books in the CountryExploring the parallels of Billie Holiday and Marilyn Monroe:
A virtual conversation with author Carole Boston Weatherford about her two books of Memoir in Verse. The Country Bookshop Presents
Exploring the parallels of Billie Holiday and Marilyn Monroe:
A virtual conversation with author Carole Boston Weatherford about her two books of Memoir in Verse.
Becoming Billie Holiday
(purchase the book here: https://www.thecountrybookshop.biz/book/9781590785072 ) is a fictionalized memoir in poetry that brings alive Holiday's childhood and continues up to the moment she performed Strange Fruit on the Paris stage.
Beauty Mark: A verse novel of Marlyn Monroe
(purchase the book here:
https://www.thecountrybookshop.biz/book/9781536206296)
is a fictionalized exploration in poetry of Marlyn's experience from childhood through her adulthood. Kimberly Taws from...2022-12-081h 00
Tune In To The Transformative Full Audiobook Now, Curious Minds!Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston WeatherfordPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/13061to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Becoming Billie Holiday
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Channie Waites
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
Release date: 09-30-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Music & Performing Arts
Publisher's Summary:
Eleanora's journey into legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life—a voice. Eleanora could sing. That remarkable voice led her to Harlem nightclubs, the Apollo Theater, and a place in the spotlight with some of the era's ho...2022-09-301h 38Philadelphia Community PodcastInsight Pt. 2: Carole Boston Weatherford, Coded by Kids, City Year and Philly Fall CleanupBefore we get started - an update on the AACR Philadelphia Marathon Weekend November 19-20th. I'm in week 3 of training for the 8 k. I'm excited to support the American Association for Cancer Research the first and largest cancer research organization. I know that 88 cents out of every dollar goes to an organization responsible for funding some of the biggest breakthroughs in cancer research. to find out how you can help go to www.aacr.org/runners for research. We are living in a golden age of children's books written and illustrated by black authors and artists. I...2022-09-2330 min
This Is the AuthorS7 E41: Carole Boston Weatherford and Dahlia LithwickS7 E41: In this episode, meet award-winning author and critic Carole Boston Weatherford and Slate’s senior legal correspondent and host of the Amicus podcast Dahlia Lithwick. Press play to hear what inspired these authors to write and narrate their audiobooks. Enjoy!
Standing in the Need of Prayer by Carole Boston Weatherford: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/653322/standing-in-the-need-of-prayer/
Lady Justice Dahlia Lithwick: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/598207/lady-justice/2022-09-2009 min
Explore New Worlds, Free Audiobook Are the Golden PearlsStanding in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual Audiobook by Carole Boston WeatherfordListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 573438
Title: Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Carole Boston Weatherford
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:19:01
Language: English
Release date: 09-20-22
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Genres: Kids, General
Summary:
From an award-winning author comes a stunning and deeply moving book based on the popular spiritual 'Standing in the Need of Prayer.' The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history.
This inspirational audiobook encapsulates African American history and i...2022-09-2019 min
The Bible for Kids PodcastS4Ep37: Standing In The Need of PrayerThis week Sarah and Mike talk with author Carole Boston Weatherford about her new book, Standing In The Need of Prayer. From Carole Boston Weatherford, two-time NAACP Image Award winner and author of Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, and Coretta Scott King-winning illustrator Frank Morrison comes STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER (Crown Books for Young Readers; on sale September 20, 2022; 32 pages; Ages 6-9), a stunning and deeply moving picture book inspired by the spiritual. The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history. Starting from 1619 and stretching more than four hundred yea...2022-09-1928 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 151 - Spring is in the air and the Book Cougars are on the prowl!Spring is in the air and the Book Cougars are on the prowl! Translation: Biblioadventures are ramping up as the weather gets better and Covid rates continue to fall.
We can’t remember the last time we had two joint jaunts in the same week, so it was a special treat to visit Riverbend Bookshop in Glastonbury, Connecticut and the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusettes. Emily took a solo bibiloadventure to check out the Westport Public Library’s renovation and Chris attended a Zoom event with the Society for the Study of American Women Writers.
A Snake Falls to Eart...2022-03-151h 04
Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney LearCarole Boston Weatherford (Segment #5) 2-20-22Carole Boston Weatherford, Author, The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights. New York Times best-selling author Carole Boston Weatherford recently released Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe and R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul. Her 50-plus books include the Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square, Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for Becoming Billie Holiday, NAACP Image Awards for Moses. https://cbweatherford.com/ Learn more about your ad choices...2022-02-2112 min
The Primary Source PodcastS2E5: Interview with Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreCarole's Website
2021-11-1535 min
DIY MFA Radio375: Bringing Omitted BIPOC History to Light through Middle Grade Picture Books - Interview with Traci Sorell and Carole Boston WeatherfordToday, I have the pleasure of interviewing Traci Sorell and Carole Boston Weatherford. Traci is the author of the critically acclaimed book We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga. She is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and lives in northeastern Oklahoma, where her tribe is located. Today we’re talking about her picture book Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer (Illustrated by Natasha Donovan). Carole is the author of numerous award-winning books including the Newbery Honor book Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom (illustrated by Michele Wood), and R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Fr...2021-09-1557 min
Chalk and Ink: The Podcast for Teachers Who Write and Writers Who TeachInterview with College Professor and Poet, Carole Boston WeatherfordSend us a textThe multi-talented and transcendent Carole Boston Weatherford talks about how she scaffolds her English class assignments to meet the needs of all learners, how she channeled Billie Holiday’s voice while writing Becoming Billie Holiday which led to other masterful books such as Birmingham, 1963and Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement, and that the author and teacher’s influence extends far beyond a single reader turning a page or t...2021-09-101h 12