Library Intern Book Reviews
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
City
New York, New York, United States of America
Date of Publication
2023
ISBN
9781534451032
Date of Review
2024
Disciplines
Library and Information Science | Modern Literature
Keywords
Children's literature, civil rights, protests, african american history
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, Madi B., "Review on Love is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement by Sandra M. Wallace" (2024). Library Intern Book Reviews. 419.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/intern_book_reviews/419
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Review
Love is Loud is an introduction into Diane Nash, her life, and her role in the Civil Rights movement. Spanning her youth to adult life, Love is Loud provides her perspective on segregation and the differences between Chicago and the American South. Growing up in Chicago, Nash lived in an integrated and diverse community, lacking experiences learned in classes about segregation. Instilled from a young age that she is loved, and that she should be “proud to be beautiful, honey brown,” segregation did not change that truth when she moved. Her experiences moving to the South were upsetting but because she was loved by others she knew love could overcome. Her first experience of segregation in Nashville during college, where “WHITE ONLY” and “COLOURED ONLY” signs plagued every bathroom and storefront. Determined, Nash knew love could beat hate, violence, and segregation. And through determination, persistence, and the combined effort from Civil Rights organizations and people like Nash, love does win, as slowly but surely states became less and less segregated. Overall, this story provides a great insight into how individuals overcome some of the faults of America’s past, and educates students well in an age appropriate way. The best age for Love is Loud is roughly 2nd through 5th grade. The illustrations connect to the story well especially for the younger reader, providing an effect where they pop off the page, which immerses the reader into the life of Diane Nash. For the younger reader this may work best as a read aloud book, but for 4th and 5th graders Love is Loud can prove to educate students on the Civil Rights movement using both longer reading sections and helpful illustrations. Both the theme and illustrations allow for students to learn and reflect on America’s history and the role individuals played in the Civil Rights movement.
Recommended: Centennial Library Intern Madison Kennedy