Young, Gifted and Black (eBook)

Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present

Jamia Wilson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
64 Seiten
Wide Eyed Editions (Verlag)
9780711262157 (ISBN)

Infos

';...to be revisited again and againThe candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist' The New York Times ';Gorgeously illustrated...vibrant and comprehensive...will be brought down from the bookshelf again and again Evening Standard';Glorious celebration of 52 black heroes...big and bold...this is what young people of all races need to see.The Independent';An essential book for inspiring even the tiniest children to face the world with boldness and self-belief.' The Observer Meet 52 icons of colour from the past and present in this celebration of inspirational achievement a collection of stories about changemakers to encourage, inspire and empower the next generation of changemakers. Jamia Wilson has carefully curated this range of black icons and the book is stylishly brought together by Andrea Pippins' colourful and celebratory illustrations. Written in the spirit of Nina Simone's song ';To Be Young, Gifted, and Black,' this vibrant book is a perfect introduction to both historic and present-day icons and heroes. Meet figureheads, leaders and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and athletes like Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams. All children deserve to see themselves represented positively in the books they read. Highlighting the talent and contributions of black leaders and changemakers from around the world, readers of all backgrounds will be empowered to discover what they too can achieve. Strong, courageous, talented and diverse, these extraordinary men and womens achievements will inspire a new generation to chase their dream whatever it may be. The 52 icons: Mary Seacole, Matthew Henson, Ava Duvernay, Bessie Coleman, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Cathy Freeman, George Washington Carver, Malorie Blackman, Harriet Tubman, Mo Farah, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jesse Owens, Beyonce Knowles, Solange Knowles, Katherine Johnson, Josephine Baker, Kofi Annan, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Brian Lara, Madam C.J. Walker, Yannick Noah, Maurice Ashley, Alexandre Duma, Martin Luther King, Jr., Maya Angelou, Nina Simone, Simone Biles, Stevie Wonder, Esperanza Spalding, Sidney Poitier, Oprah Winfrey, Pele, Nelson Mandela, Louis Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Naomi Campbell, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Muhammad Ali, Shirley Chisholm, Steve McQueen, Zadie Smith, Usain Bolt, Wangari Maathai, Mae Jemison, W.E.B. Du Bois, Nicola Adams, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, and Misty Copeland. If you like this book, check out Young, Gifted and Black Too,for 52 more inspiring icons! For younger readers,Baby Young Gifted and Blackis perfect to introduce litte ones to these trailblazers who changed the world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.8.2020
• Reihe/Serie: See Yourself in Their Stories
• Reihe/Serie: See Yourself in Their Stories
• Illustrationen: Andrea Pippins
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Religion / Philosophie / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Schlagworte: Activists • african american role models • Alexandre Dumas • anti bias training • Anti-Racist • antiracist education • Anxiety • artists • Athletes • barack obama • Bessie Coleman • Beyonce Knowles • biles • Biography • BIOS • BIPOC • Black History Month • Black lives matter • books about race for kids • calm • Cathy Freeman • change the world • children • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Civil Rights Movement • Club • Coming out • Culture • disrupt text • Diverse • Diversity • Entertainers • Equality • famous • famous lives • female • George Floyd • George Washington Carver • Happy • Harriet Tubman • Heroes • Hidden Figures • home school • Homeschooling • Human Rights • I can't breathe • icons of color • Identity • Indoor • in history • Inside • inspirational real stories • institutional • inventors • Isolation • Jean-Michel Basquiat • Jesse Owens • Josephine Baker • killing unarmed • kindness • Kofi Annan • Langston Hughes • Leaders • lesson plan • Louis Armstrong • madam cj walker • mae jemison • Malorie Blackman • Martin Luther King Jr • Mary Seacole • Maya Angelou • Michelle • Misty Copeland • mo forah • Muhammad Ali • Multicultural • Nelson Mandela • Nina Simone • Non-violence • Oprah Winfrey • Peaceful protest • Pele • people who changed the world • poc • Police brutality • Politicians • Politics • President • pride • Relieve stress • Role Models • Rosa Parks • scientists • Segregation • Serena Williams • Sidney Poitier • Social Justice • sports figures • Stevie Wonder • Successful • Toni Morrison • Usain Bolt • Venus • Wangari Maathai • white supremacy • Women • Zadie Smith
• ISBN-13: 9780711262157 / 9780711262157