Book cover artistry

Before author Marc Aronson came to visit, the subfreshmen all read large chunks of his book Race: A History Beyond Black and White. Because we knew the original dust jackets wouldn't survive the experience, Ms. Morford had all the students create their own dust jackets out of brown paper bags and decorate them with themes from the book. Now those jackets are on display in the case outside the art room, much to my delight.



Many of the students chose to highlight what Aronson calls the four "pillars," or the assumptions people have when they think about race, human difference, and organizing people into categories. Here are a couple of examples up close: