Freedom in Congo Square is a 2016 poetic nonfiction picture book by Carole Boston Weatherford, and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. It was published...

Congo Square (French: Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana...

selections: Before John Was a Jazz Giant (2008), Freedom in Congo Square (2016), Voice of Freedom (2016), In Your Hands (2017), Schomburg (2017), How Sweet...

Renaissance (Bloomsbury, 2017) text by Carole Boston Weatherford Freedom in Congo Square (Little Bee Books, 2016) Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood...

in 1971. There have been between one and five honor books named each year. To be eligible for a Caldecott, the book must be published in English, in the...

DR Congo, officially the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply Congo, is a country in Central Africa. By land...

first author award was given in 1970. In 1974, the award was expanded to honor illustrators as well as authors. Starting in 1978, runner-up Author Honor...

and agencies. Covering 9,965 square kilometers, Kinshasa stretches along the southern shores of the Pool Malebo, on the Congo River. It forms an expansive...

Gras in the city. The culture of enslaved Africans fused with Afro-Caribbean, Native American and European cultures that syncretized at Congo Square and...

writing in a picture book published in the United States during the preceding year. By contrast, the Caldecott Medal is for outstanding illustration in a picture...

comprising present-day Congo were the Forest peoples whose Stone Age culture was slowly replaced by Bantu tribes. The main Bantu tribe living in the region were...

murderous thugs ... were tolerated." In addition to his freedom, in exchange for his service, Congo received 2 arpents (0.68 ha; 1.7 acres) of land located...

critics of the Congo Free State and its atrocities. Leopold was very astute in using the media to support his virtual private control of the Congo. British...

bodhi tree  Vanuatu — leaves of namele tree Historically  Republic of the Congo — palm leaves  Myanmar (1974–2010) — rice plant  Guadeloupe (overseas department...

The Congo, short for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is an equatorial country located in central Africa. As of July 2018, the CIA World Factbook...

Iraqi Freedom" would be replaced by "Operation New Dawn". On 18 April, US and Iraqi forces killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq in a joint...

involvement of the Belgian Congo (the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) in World War II began with the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940. Despite...

first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as the Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960, following the May 1960...

do Congo) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Southern...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., titled as Let Freedom Swing. They performed the piece "Ajeseke" from Congo Square. Over the years as leader of various ensembles...

helping fund war in Congo?". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018. "Congo war-driven crisis...

freedom of expression. The origins of contemporary drum circles in North America can be traced back to Congo Square in New Orleans, a pivotal site in...

Freedom of religion in Singapore is a guaranteed constitutionally protected right. Article 15 of the Constitution of Singapore states: "Every person has...

for some time, then in the 1970s the city created Louis Armstrong Park in the area and named Congo Square within Armstrong Park. In 1994, the New Orleans...

artistic works situated in public places. Freedom of panorama is very limited in the copyright law of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Article 28 permits...

slaves congregated on the Congo Square to the edge of the area of the French Quarter of New Orleans to dance the bamboula. In 1848, the American composer...

from "Congo, Democratic Republic of the/flag". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. Whitney Smith, Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the...

underlying many nations' strategies. In the early 1880s, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was exploring the region along the Congo River for France, at the same time...

country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the...

original on 27 November 2023. "Israeli officials said in talks with Congo, others on taking in Gaza emigrants". The Times of Israel. Archived from the...