Writing the Civil Rights Movement
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Tent
Congress and 11th Street, AUSTIN Texas
Bestselling author Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball player Jackie Robinson, will be joined by Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Jerry Pinkney and author Barry Wittenstein to discuss their new books that remember and celebrate the Civil Rights movement. What can young readers--and all of us--learn from the past?
- Moderated by: Varian Johnson
- Introduced by: Pflugerville Middle School
- Book Signing: 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Children's Signing Tent, Congress Avenue.