Glenda Jenkins Simmons was born and grew up in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, in rural Greenville, Mississippi. She grew up in a single-parent family, but had much love and support from grandparents, aunts, and uncles. The author attended Greenville Public Schools and graduated from Greenville High School in 1979. She studied at the University of Mississippi, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. Mrs. Simmons now resides on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

On her web site, the author writes, "Growing up on a farm as an only child, I became an avid puzzler. After all, with no one to play with, and the nearest neighbor living a mile 'down the road,' I had lots of time to work puzzles, and I found them to be fun, challenging, and good vocabulary builders. Even as an adult, I still enjoy the challenge of a good puzzle.

"Several years ago, I realized that in all my years of solving puzzles, I had never run across a puzzle book pertaining to subjects of African American heritage and history. So I began collecting information from many sources to create an educational and entertaining book to sharpen your wits on African American heritage and history. During my research, I also discovered that, even as an adult, there were so many great African Americans I had never heard of and their contributions to America and the world were invaluable in shaping our lifestyles and freedoms of today. Thus, this book was written with both teenagers and adults in mind. After years of hard work, I finally created my version of a black puzzle book-African American Heritage Pictures, Puzzles, and Word Games!"

About the Book

African American Heritage Pictures, Puzzles, and Word Games by Glenda Jenkins Simmons is a combination textbook, workbook, and puzzle book. This book is versatile, and the information is timeless. It is appropriate for the classroom, for after-school programs, or for the waiting room in your dentist's office. For individuals twelve years and older, this book offers a wealth of knowledge on subjects of African American heritage.

• What African American was a famous Shakespearean actor of the 1800s?

• Who was known as the "Black Swan?"

• Who was the African American bicycle champion of the late 1800s?

• What African American was the first person to reach the North Pole?

• Who were Vernon Dahmer and Fannie Lou Hamer?

If you are looking for a captivating and different approach to learning black history, you will find it in African American Heritage Pictures, Puzzles, and Word Games.

Quality paperback, 8-1/2 x 11, 172 pages, illustrated with photos and puzzles.
ISBN 0-9758586-0-2, $16.00

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