Asim, Jabari

"Explores love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.

Children are invited to explore their toes by playing "This Little Piggy.".

Takes a loving look at knees from the vantage point of a mother's lap.

Langston's joyous encounter with his hero, boxing champion and poet Muhammad Ali, is everything he dreamed it would be and more.

"In eight wide-ranging and penetrating essays, [Jabari Asim] explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life; the importance of black fathers and community; the significance of black writers and stories; and the beauty and pain of the black body. What emerges is a rich portrait of a community and culture that has resisted, survived, and flourished despite centuries of racism, violence, and trauma"--OCLC.

Illustrated board pages show a baby enjoying all the joys of Christmas.

Presents an adaptation of Dovey Johnson Roundtree's "Mighty Justice" about African American civil rights attorney, Dovey Johnson Roundtree, who recounts her life and career, discussing her 1955 landmark bus desegregation case that would help to dismantle the practice of "separate but equal" and dismantle the Jim Crow laws and more.

A little girl enjoys playing by the light of the moon before her daddy tucks her into bed.

Shares African American history through profiles of people in politics, activism, sports, entertainment, and music and traces their American journey starting with the slave trade, through the abolitionist movement, Civil War, and current events leading to the Black Lives Matter movement.

"Give[s] readers a...glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up--a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his flock, and they listen, content under his watchful care, riveted by the rhythm of his voice. Includes an author's note about John Lewis, who grew up to be a member of the Freedom Riders, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and demonstrator on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and is now a Georgia congressman"--Provided by publisher.