Jewell parker rhodes biography graphic organizer
•
Jerome Rogers is the protagonist and narrator of Ghost Boys. A twelve-year-old boy, Jerome attends Bearden Middle School, where he is a well-behaved student. Having no friends, Jerome is the target of bullying. Jerome lives with his Grandma, Ma, Pop, and sister in a poor neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. One day after school, Jerome is playing make-believe with a toy gun when someone calls the police on him. The responding officer recklessly shoots and kills Jerome as he turns to run from the car speeding toward him. The white officer's unconscious racial bias against Black men is a factor in the shooting, as he perceived Jerome to be larger and more threatening than he really was. After Jerome dies, he becomes a ghost and observes his mourning family. As Jerome struggles to find purpose in the afterlife, he is counseled by the ghost of Emmett Till. Jerome also discovers that the officer who killed him has a daughter, Sarah, who can see and speak with him. Jerome is resistant to
•
DEI Book Display: The Power of Representation
Award-winning novelist, college professor and Carnegie Mellon University alumna Jewell Parker Rhodes (DC , , ), changed her educational and professional trajectory upon finding Gayl Jones’ “Corregidora” in Hunt Library. Written bygd a Black author, it was the first time she realized she could be a writer. Changing her focus from musical theater and dance to English, Rhodes started a new path that would lead to a life in academia, over a dozen novels, and countless writing awards.
The book display, "The Power of Representation," ties in with the November 9th event of the same name, where Rhodes joined Vice rektor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer Wanda Heading-Grant in a conversation about the power of representation and what it means to see yourself reflected in the world around you.
Special thanks to our Materials Processing Coordinator Leah Zande, for compiling this list.
Pauli Murray: The • By Illustrator Narrator Editor Photographed by By Illustrator Narrator Editor Photographed by Format LIST PRICE: YOU SAVE: $ (%) PRICE PER STUDENT: This item is temporarily out of stock. Our order for this product is expected on . Thank you! We will contact you when the item is available. To be notified when this item is available, please click the "Notify Me" button below. Thank you! We will contact you when the item is available. CONTACT US Item is on backorder and will ship when available. Your order will ship on or around the release date. Also available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indiebound, Target, and Walmart.