Black History Month- What Color is My World?

For black history month this year we read and studied a book called "What Color is My World." It was written by the famous basketball player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The book educated us on things that have been invented by African Americans. Our kids were so amazed by the many inventors in this book. Some of the inventors they recognized, but they were mostly amazed that the microphone in our cell phones were invented by an African American male named James West. I don't think they were amazed just because of his ethnicity but also because we fail to realize that something so simple as the mic in our cellphones had to be invented by someone. We really enjoyed this book, it's illustraions, etc. We always look forward to learning something new for Black History Month because Black History isn't taught in many schools in AZ and it wasn't taught in the schools our kids attended in Europe. Although we are constantly educating our kids about their heritage and background, unfortunately the subject and importance of black histroy can be overlooked in our communities.
This book is also refreshing because it shows that professional basketball players possess many other talents. If you and your family enjoy reading and learning new things together, we recommend this book for your collection.
Happy Black History month!