Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.

This book tells the story of Georgia Gilmore who risked her job as a cook to cook meals and pies to raise money for the Montgomery Improvement Association which helped fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott launched by Rosa Parks and led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This picture book provides an interesting window into the boycott and depicts the many forms that resistance can take. The Author’s Note in the back includes more details about the boycott and Gilmore; it even includes a recipe for one of her pies!

Illustrations and rhyming text present nine steps Antiracist Baby can take to improve equity, such as opening our eyes to all skin colors and celebrating all our differences.

This book is both a biography of Claudette Colvin and a celebration of activism. Claudette was a young Black teenager who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger after learning about Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth in school.

This is a fictive memoir. From the early 1900s until the mid 1970s, more than 6 million African Americans moved from the rural south to northern cities. This novel is inspired by those families and by my own Mom, who moved from Greenville, South Carolina to Brooklyn, New York in 1968.

Told from the point of view of young Alma Thomas, readers can follow along as she grows into her discovery of the life-changing power of art. As a child in Georgia, Alma Thomas loved to spend time outside, soaking up the colors around her. And her parents filled their home with color and creativity despite the racial injustices they faced. After the family moved to Washington, DC, Alma shared her passion for art by teaching children. When she was almost seventy years old, she focused on her own artwork, inspired by nature and space travel.

Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, [the author's] poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers . . . can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and learn to follow his example, as he dealt with adversity and never lost hope that a future of equality and justice would soon be a reality. As times change, Dr. King's example remains, encouraging a new generation of children to take charge and change the world.

From slavery to freedom, through segregation, freedom marches and the fight for literacy, the tradition they called Show Way has been passed down by the women in Jacqueline Woodson’s family as a way to remember the past and celebrate the possibilities of the future. Beautifully rendered in Hudson Talbott’s luminous art, this moving, lyrical account pays tribute to women whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters’ lives.

Doreen Rappaport has taken the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. and woven in her own to create a captivating yet completely accessible book for young readers. This definitive picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is an unforgettable portrait of a man whose dream changed America - and the world - forever.

Lyrical text and watercolor illustrations bring this pivotal event that sparked the Montgomery bus boycott to life. The artwork references many important events in Black history in the United States. This book includes a foldout mural as well.

Your story begins in Africa. Your African ancestors defied the odds and survived 400 years of slavery in America and passed down an extraordinary legacy to you. Beginning in Africa before 1619, 'Your Legacy' presents an . . . accessible, empowering, and proud introduction to African American history for children. While your ancestors' freedom was taken from them, their spirit was not; this book celebrates their accomplishments, acknowledges their sacrifices, and defines how they are remembered--and how their stories should be taught"--Provided by publisher.

The story of Charles Henry Turner, the first Blackentomologist - a scientist who studies bugs - is told in this fascinating book for young readers. Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way home? Can bugs see color? All of these questions buzzed endlessly in Charles Henry Turner's mind. He was fascinated by plants and animals and bugs. And even when he faced racial prejudice, Turner did not stop wondering.