Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and PresentWritten 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

queer girls

It is 1913

Simone Biles

Irresistibly unruly and strikingly beautiful

It's even harder when you've a problem you can't solve at all

even as her older sister

leaving Vincent Chin-a Chinese American man-beaten to death at the hands of two white men

he's tackling her fears into the dirt

But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams

she is a careful daughter

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Maybe kids like Miles aren't meant to be superheroes