Papa’s Free Day Party: A Children's Book Set in All-Black town of Boley, Oklahoma

AALBC’s Founder, Troy Johnson, hosts a conversation about the children’s book Papa’s Free Day Party with the book’s author Marilyn Nelson; Boley, Oklahoma’s Mayor, Dr. Frances Shelton; and Boley Town Historian, Judge Henrietta Hicks.

Leading independent children’s book publisher Just Us Books will publish Papa’s Free Day Party, a powerful new picture book by award-winning poet and author Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by award-winning artist Wayne Anthony Still this April. Papa’s Free Day Party is based on the true story of Marilyn’s grandfather, who escaped a racist attack as a child, was taken in by a white family, and went on to build a new life in the all-Black town of Boley, Oklahoma. Papa’s Free Day Party will be published in hardcover and released on April 20, 2021. Learn More about this book: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Poet+Marilyn+Nelson+Shares+Her+Family%26rsquo%3Bs+Story+of+Freedom