We asked the mother-daughter duo Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams to discuss their first picture book collaboration, Soul Step, illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu, and the joys of traditional African American dance.
The idea of how to teach American history has been very much in the news over the past few years; much of the debate centers on how to talk about some of the more difficult and troubling parts of the country’s past.That idea is a big part of author Kelly McWilliams’ latest young adult novel, called “Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay.”