The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton

Secondly, Hamilton writes to entertain, to inspire in people the desire to read on and on good books made especially for them. Virginia writes first for the pleasure of using words and language to evoke characters and their world, and in historical accounts such as Anthony Burns, the lives of real people. In 1992, Virginia was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, which is presented every two years by the International Board on Books for Young People, in recognition of her entire body of work. Since then, she has won three Newbery Honors and three Coretta Scott King Awards. For the Africans who were captured into slavery and brought to America, there was little reason for hope, but through folk tales like this one, they were able to at least imagine a day when they could become free. Virginia was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award, for M.C. 'The People Could Fly' is all about the dream of freedom. Her baby starts to cry, and the bosses at the plantation. She was educated at Antioch College and Ohio State University and did further study in literature and the novel at the New School for Social Research. The People Could Fly: Beginning Sarah, a slave hard at work in the fields in the hot sun, is working with her baby on her back. Her grandfather settled in the village after escaping slavery in Virginia. Say the people who could fly kept their power, although they shed their wings. Virginia Hamilton, storyteller, lecturer, and biographer, was born and raised in Yellow Springs, OH, which is said to be a station on the Underground Railroad. The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales.

The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton