stenaros's review

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3.0

It took a Supreme Court case to affirm that all people in court should be addressed by their honorifics. Thanks systemic racism. Here's the woman behind that story.

I enjoyed the scratchboard illustrations backed with photos. The story itself left me wondering about Miss Hamilton's life. The text mentions that she went to collage, but that information doesn't appear on the time line. It may be that they don't have that information, but even adding that a fact is unknown is helpful.

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tcbueti's review

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4.0

Concept of passing—she w have, relatives did, but she wouldn’t. Hard to imagine disrespect in court, except it isn’t. And she changed it.
Striking illustrations, but I was glad they had some photos, too.

stacyroth's review

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

<i>Call Me Miss Hamilton</i> is a children’s book about one of the lesser-known activists of the Civil Rights Movement, Mary Hamilton.  A Freedom Rider, Miss Hamilton was arrested multiple times.  In one Alabama court, the judge insisted on calling her by her first name, but she refused to answer unless she was addressed as Miss Hamilton.  When the judge charged her with contempt of court, she took her battle all the way to the Supreme Court. 

I had not heard of Mary Hamilton before seeing this book, and I am glad her story is getting told.  The downside to listening to a picture book as an audiobook is that you miss out on the photos and illustrations included in a physical book, but the audiobook was well read by Adenrele Ojo.  The audiobook also has background music to supplement the narrative.  Such a courageous woman!  I hope this book will make its way into elementary school classrooms while discussing the Civil Rights Movement, and that parents will read it with their children at home. 

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book. 

tmjunebug's review

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informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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