From the walls of Aunt Connie's attic gallery speak twelve African-American women whose inspiration is as strong as Ringgold's art. Ringgold's choice provides another support for children. All the women faced difficult situations and so have an important message of hope to bring to today's children. We need to be aware that life is very scary. We also need to understand what other people have gone through in their lives to understand who they are and why they are as they are.
Children learn by seeing people doing things.
If all they see are people that don't try, it's going to be difficult for them to try. People who reinforce us in these deseprate times are to be celebrated. Like Harriet Tubman, they came through. Dinner at Aunt Connie's ends with a gathering of family. People did that when I grew up.