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Sports Information Director: Brett Bosley / Camera: Doug Cannon / Contributing Coordinator: Asia Po / Research Assistant & Advising: Michail Papanikolaou & Jason Papanicolaou

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Brown Sugar Babe

A powerful poem – like story where a mother finds all kinds of wonderful brown colored things and so celebrates her daughter’s skin color.

 

Brown Sugar Babe written by Charlotte Watson Sherman, illustrated by Akem. Text copyright © 2020 by Charlotte Watson Sherman, illustration copyright © 2020 by Akem. Published by Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, a division of Astra Publishing House. Recorded with permission.

  • Written by Charlotte Watson Sherman
  • Illustrated by Akem
  • Published by Boyds Mills Press
  • Narrated by Ashley Williamson
  • Running Time 00:04:13
  • Date of Filming October 2020
  • Written by Charlotte Watson Sherman
  • Illustrated by Akem
  • Published by Boyds Mills Press
  • Narrated by Ashley Williamson
  • Running Time 00:04:13
  • Narrator Ashley Williamson
  • Position Guard
  • Team Siena Saints - Siena College
  • Hometown Elgin, South Carolina
  • Birthdate January 18, 2001
  • Height 5' 5"
  • Favorite Book
  • Favorite Basketball Player Stephen Curry
  • Bio Link