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Sports Information Director: Riley Cronan / Camera: Chris Aliano / Editing: Little Onion Design / Contributing Coordinator: Asia Po / Research Assistant & Advising: Michail Papanikolaou & Jason Papanicolaou

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Pause and reflect with the children on the setting, characters, events and the cultural representations in the book.

Henry’s Freedom Box

This is a true story of the underground railroad. In 1849, Henry Box Brown mailed himself to freedom from slavery and injustice.

 


Text copyright © 2007 by Ellen Levine.
Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Kadir Nelson.
Used by permission of Scholastic Inc.

  • Written by Ellen Levine
  • Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
  • Published by Scholastic Inc.
  • Narrated by Marc Mitchell
  • Running Time 00:08:03
  • Date of Filming October 2020
  • Written by Ellen Levine
  • Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
  • Published by Scholastic Inc.
  • Narrated by Marc Mitchell
  • Running Time 00:08:03
  • Narrator Marc Mitchell
  • Position Head Coach
  • Team Saint Peter's Peacocks - Saint Peter's University
  • Hometown Newark, NJ
  • Birthdate May 12, 1968
  • Height 6' 1"
  • Favorite Book Blood in My Eye written by George Jackson
  • Favorite Basketball Player Shalette Brown
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