Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King
Calkins Creek, 2023

About the book
This picture book introduces young readers to an instrumental figure in the struggle for civil rights. Coretta Scott King was her husband Martin’s partner in the fight for justice. From an early age, she stood strong against White violence directed toward her family in the South and later, discrimination when she was a music student in the North. Coretta found her voice as a classical singer, but she struggled to speak out when men thought she should be seen and not heard. When Martin died, it was Coretta who carried on the struggle to preserve his legacy for future generations.

This event is presented in partnership with Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ).

About the author
Alice Faye Duncan is a National Board Library Media Specialist who writes for young learners. She has authored 14 picture books; many have received awards, including Coretta’s Journey, chosen as a 2023 Horn Book Fanfare Selection.

Purchase the book
Please help support local independent bookstores by purchasing this book at Browseabout Books, official bookseller of the History Book Festival. Online sources and digital versions are tempting; however, supporting local brick and mortar shops helps to preserve our vibrant main streets. Drop by Browseabout, order books online, or call the store at 302-226-2665. You also may purchase a copy at biblion in Lewes.

About the Festival
The History Book Festival is the first and only book festival in the United States devoted exclusively to history. With the help of our presenting funding partners — Delaware Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, and The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices | PenFed Realty — as well as our program and community partners, volunteers, and donors, the 2024 History Book Festival will be full of great discussions with authors of newly published narrative nonfiction and historical fiction. Our Keynote event is presented by Sally Mott Freeman and John K. Freeman, and our Closing event is presented by Griswold Home Care for Sussex and Kent Counties. Saturday’s Spirited Discussion, our gathering for attendees and presenters to celebrate and discuss their day, is presented by Dogfish Head Beer & Benevolence.

Special thanks to our Founding Program Partners for their continuing support: the Lewes Public Library, for event promotion and production, and Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach, official bookseller of the History Book Festival. Thanks also to: the  Lewes Chamber of Commerce for event promotion, and the Cape Gazette and Delmarva Public Media, our media partners.

Additional thanks to our community partners: CAMP Rehoboth, Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center,  Historic Lewes Farmers Market, Lewes Historical Society, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach Film Society, Seaside Jewish Community, and Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ).