When she and her mother move once again in order to make a new start, fifteen-year-old Kayla is hopeful that her mother will be able to stop drinking and begin a better life, as she has been promising for years.
Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation
Davis, Deborah
Explores the responses to and effects on the nation of President Theodore Roosevelt's White House dinner with Booker T. Washington, a former slave. Examines the society of post-slavery America and the reputations of Roosevelt and Washington.
When her older brother returns home because he is dying of AIDS, thirteen-year-old Lacy deals with changes in her family life, in relationships with classmates, and in her commitment to her swimming team.
Explores the story behind John Singer Sargent's "Madame X, " a painting of twenty-three-year-old Amelie Gautreau which unleashed a storm of controversey when it was unveiled at the Paris Salon to show the young wife with one strap of her gown falling off her shoulder, and provides insights into the lives of the artist and his subject.
Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation
Davis, Deborah
2012
In 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to have dinner at the executive mansion with the First Family. The next morning, news that the president had dined with a Black man and former slave, sent shock waves through the nation. One seemingly ordinary dinner became a window onto post-Civil War American history and politics. The scandal of this dinner escalated and threatened to topple two of America's greatest men.
When she and her mother move once again in order to make a new start, fifteen-year-old Kayla is hopeful that her mother will be able to stop drinking and begin a better life, as she has been promising for years.
