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Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome, "Before She Was Harriet"
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February 9, 2018
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33:46Now PlayingLesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome discuss their lives, their careers, and their children's book, "Before She Was Harriet", at Politics and Prose on 2/8/18.
The woman who would become known as Harriet Tubman was identified in many ways throughout her life, from nicknames like Minty and Moses to more universal labels such as sister, daughter, suffragist, and freedom fighter. Lesa Cline-Ransome poetically details the extraordinary life of one of America’s greatest heroes. Together with beautifully detailed watercolor illustrations by James E. Ransome, the text highlights this former slave’s many accomplishments. Moving beyond Tubman’s role of Underground Railroad conductor readers will revel in her lesser-known achievements to discover what this “wisp of a woman with the courage of a lion” accomplished. (Ages 6-9)
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