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Podcast: Story Time with Avant-garde Books, LLC
Episode: No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas by Tonya Bolden and Don Tate (lllustrator)
Description: Discover the incredible true story of how one of history's most successful potato farmers began life as a slave and worked until he was named the "Potato King of the World"!Junius G. Groves came from humble beginnings in the Bluegrass State. Born in Kentucky into slavery, freedom came when he was still a young man and he intended to make a name for himself. Along with thousands of other African Americans who migrated from the South, Junius walked west and stopped in Kansas. Working for a pittance on a small potato farm was no reason to feel...