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Have I ever told you Black lives matter / by Shani Mahiri King ; illustrated by Bobby C. Martin Jr.
Record details
- ISBN: 0884488896
- ISBN: 9780884488897
- Physical Description: 79 pages : colour illlustrations
- Publisher: Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.95 |
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| Subject: | African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature. African Americans > History > Juvenile literature. Black lives matter movement > Juvenile literature. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | J 920.009296073 Kin | 31681020148953 | JNONFIC | Available | - |
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"Have I told you that we have never, ever accepted that Black lives don't matter? Not Frederick, Harriet, Sojourner, Martin, Rosa, Malcolm, or Nelson? We have always known and you must remember that Black lives matter. W. E. B. knew that Black lives matter. He preached about Black equality and liberation and would be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us today. Have I ever told you that? Have I told you that we have long been world-acclaimed poets and authors-Zora, Richard, Langston, James, Ralph, Maya, Toni, Ta-Nehisi, and so many others-affirming with powerful voices that Black lives matter? Have I ever told you that?"-- - WW Norton
Booklist StarA tender and powerful affirmation that Black lives have always mattered. - WW Norton
This book affirms the message repeatedly, tenderly, with cumulative power and shared pride. Celebrating Black accomplishments in music, art, literature, journalism, politics, law, science, medicine, entertainment, and sports, Shani King summons a magnificent historical and contemporary context for honoring the fortitude of Black role models, women and men, who have achieved greatness despite the grinding political and social constraints on Black life. Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison, Sojourner Truth, John Lewis, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, and many more pass through these pages. An America without their struggles, aspirations, and contributions would be a shadow of the country we know. A hundred life sketches augment the narrative, opening a hundred doors to lives and thinking that arenât included in many history books. James Baldwinâs challenge is here: âWe are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.â Actress Viola Davisâs words are here, too: âWhen I was younger, I did not exert my voice because I did not feel worthy of having a voice. I was taught so many things that didnât include me. Where was I? What were people like me doing?âThis book tells children what people like Viola were and are doing, and it assures Black children that they are, indisputably, worthy of having a voice.Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter?
