Family Discussion Guide Family Discussion Guide Picture books provide powerful opportunities for us all to have important conversations about race, equality, and social justice.

Grown-ups! Here are some helpful guideposts as you go, some definitions to light the way. Refer to this as you travel the exhibi- tion and back home.

Picture the Dream is dedicated to the foot soldiers and beacons whose lights have taken flight. Your legacies lift us. Your inspiration empowers our steps. You are angels who guide the way. Be sure your child knows that the problem. Be open to continuing struggle continues and that they that conversation after you leave Talk It Through can participate in it. The final part the Museum; connect it to the of the exhibition suggests that the change you and your child want to EmbraceRace is proud to partner with be respectfully curious about race. journey to racial justice in the United see and to ways your child or family the High Museum of Art to offer these If your child makes a negative racial States is ongoing. If you agree, might help to bring about that tips for engaging young visitors as they comment, ask him or her, nonjudg- affirm with your child that you change.​ walk through the exhibition Picture the believe racial injustice is still a Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights mentally, What makes you say that? Movement through Children’s Books. Your child’s answer may provide an opportunity to counter generaliza- EmbraceRace is a national nonprofit tions or to increase empathy. community of parents and caregivers working to raise children who are brave, thoughtful, and informed about race. Be honest, in age-appropriate Find links to more resources at ways, about bigotry and oppres- EmbraceRace.org. sion. Segregation, bias, interper- sonal violence—these can be scary Encourage your child to think about subjects for children, especially the story the artist is trying to tell. children whose lives are marked by Illustrations are a form of commu- hardship. They are also an important nication. Ask children open-ended part of the context for the pictures questions to help them understand in this exhibition. Consider prompts the story being told: What do you like these: What people do you see see happening in this picture? What in these pictures? Who’s missing? makes you say that? What do you Why do you think that is? Why do think that person is feeling? What do you think it was important for the you think the artist wanted you to artist to draw this picture? think/feel when you look at this picture? Share your ideas. Acknowledge when you don’t have a good answer, but don’t leave it Engage with your child’s questions there! You don’t have to be an or comments. Children may express expert on the their curiosities openly, by pointing to talk with a child about this exhibi- or by wrinkling a brow, or through tion. It’s okay to say, Let me think prolonged attention to something. about that for a while or Good Those are your cues to engage! question! Let’s find out more about How do you feel looking at this? and that later, okay? And then do the What does that make you think research! about? are good conversation starters. Model for your child that it’s okay to notice skin color and to Defining a Movement

Use these definitions to help under- place across the United States stand some of the content you see in between 1882 and 1968. The the books and labels. majority of those lynched were

Black people. As of 2020, lynching Civil rights movement: African has still not been deemed a Americans began the civil rights federal crime. A bill for this pur- movement in the 1950s and ’60s to pose, called the seek equality. Because of their skin Antilynching Act, was introduced color, Black citizens were not treated and passed by the U.S. House of fairly. They were kept separate from Representatives but has not yet White people in public places such made it past the senate. as restaurants, schools, movie theaters, and swimming pools. This Green Book: The Negro Motorist separation was called segregation. Green Book was a guide to the People of all races gathered, pro- safest routes for Black people to tested, marched, and spoke out. travel by car. Victor Hugo Green, a Today, the struggle for equal rights New York City mailman, created continues for many people who the Green Book. It was published have been inspired by the move- annually from 1936 to 1966. ment started by African Americans years ago. Jim Crow: For almost one hun- dred years, there were laws that Ku Klux Klan: The Ku Klux Klan is denied Black people basic human the oldest American hate group. rights and kept them separated Formed just after the Civil War, it from White society. These laws has a long history of violence. turned into a system of separation Although African Americans have that dictated every aspect of life. typically been the Klan’s primary These “” took on the target, it has also attacked Jews, nickname of White entertainers immigrants, the LBGTQ commu- who painted their faces black and nity, and, until recently, Catholics. performed as a character named

Jim Crow. This character made fun Lynching: Lynching is the killing of of Black people. Over time, the someone by hanging with a rope. character came to be represented Lynchings were planned events as a crow. inflicted by groups of people. These evil acts were extremely prevalent in the South but took A Backward Path

Find the faces of these civil rights figures in the artwork of “A Backward Path,” and spot their names in the word search below!

Jackie Robinson Marian Anderson Martin Luther King Jr. Ruby Bridges Emmett Till The Rocks Are the Road

Can you find all the artwork with people holding protest signs?

These signs played a big role in the civil rights movement and are still used today! They show important symbols and phrases to communicate a strong message. Create your own sign inspired by the ones you see in the illustrations. Today’s Journey, Tomorrow’s Promise

Many of the artists depict hands—a helping hand, a raised hand, a hand to shake, a hand to hold—to represent the powerful goals of the civil rights movement and the ways equality can be fought for today.

Connect the dots to draw your own version of a hand up for equality! Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books is co- organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Credits Amherst, .

Major funding for this exhibition is provided by the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation and The Rich Foundation, Inc. FRONT COVER/PAGE 4 This exhibition is made possible by Raúl Colón (American, born 1952), “So Mama and Daddy packed up their three little girls—,” from Child of PREMIER EXHIBITION SERIES SPONSORS PRESENTING SPONSOR the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton (Schwartz & Wade Books, 2010), wash, colored pencil, lithograph pencil, and graphite on watercolor paper, courtesy of R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, Massachusetts. (c) 2010 Raúl Colón.

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Sean Qualls (American, born 1969). Selina Alko (American, born Canada, 1968) Two Children from Why Am I Me?, 2017 Written by Paige Britt Acrylic, colored pencil, and collage Collection of Julie and Glenn PREMIER EXHIBITION SERIES SUPPORTERS Gribble, KidLit TV, New York. The Antinori Foundation Sarah and Jim Kennedy Louise Sams and Jerome Grilhot PAGE 7

George Ford (American, born 1926), “Ruby said the prayer she repeated twice a day—,” from The Story of BENEFACTOR EXHIBITION SERIES SUPPORTER Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (Scholastic, 1995), watercolor, acrylic ink, and ink on Strathmore illustration Anne Cox Chambers Foundation board, collection of the artist. (c) 1995 George Ford. Robin and Hilton Howell

AMBASSADOR EXHIBITION SERIES SUPPORTER Rod and Kelly Westmoreland PAGE 9

CONTRIBUTING EXHIBITION SERIES SUPPORTERS Benny Andrews American, 1930–2006 Protest Marchers from Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight Lucinda W. Bunnen for Civil Rights, 2005 Written by Jim Haskins Oil with painted fabric and paper collage on paper Courtesy Marcia and John Donnell W. Daniel Ebersole and Sarah Eby-Ebersole of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York Peggy Foreman Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Jones Joel Knox and Joan Marmo PAGE 10 Margot and Danny McCaul The Ron and Lisa Brill Family Charitable Trust (American, born 1978), “’Brother John—good to see you,’” from : Book Two by John 2020 GRANDPARENTS CIRCLE OF SUPPORT Lewis and (Top Shelf Productions, 2015), India ink on Bristol board, collection of the artist. Spring and Tom Asher (c) 2015 Nate Powell. Anne Cox Chambers Ann and Tom Cousins Sandra and John Glover Shearon and Taylor Glover Sarah and Jim Kennedy Jane and Hicks Lanier

GENEROUS SUPPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED BY Alfred and Adele Davis Exhibition Endowment Fund Anne Cox Chambers Exhibition Fund Barbara Stewart Exhibition Fund Dorothy Smith Hopkins Exhibition Endowment Fund Eleanor McDonald Storza Exhibition Endowment Fund The Fay and Barrett Howell Exhibition Fund Forward Arts Foundation Exhibition Endowment Fund Helen S. Lanier Endowment Fund Isobel Anne Fraser–Nancy Fraser Parker Exhibition Endowment Fund John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Exhibition Endowment Fund Katherine Murphy Riley Special Exhibition Endowment Fund Margaretta Taylor Exhibition Fund RJR Nabisco Exhibition Endowment Fund