13 Honest Books About Slavery Young People Should Actually Read

This week, after severe criticism, Scholastic pulled a newly published picture book entitled A Birthday Cake for Mr. Washington. The book, which was written by Ramin Ganeshram and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, focused on George Washington's enslaved cook, Hercules, and his daughter Delia, as the two overcome obstacles to make a cake for Washington's birthday. Many critics argued that it displayed an overly rosy view of a slave's life, and the book was deluged with one-star on Amazon re...