Black history is your history /

"With sparkling wit and humor-and lots of fun pop culture references-digital content creator Taylor Cassidy (creator of TikTok sensation "Fast Black History") takes readers on a journey through the Black history that she wishes she was taught in school. Weaving together research and p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cassidy, Taylor (Author)
Other Authors:	Bellet, Adriana (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2025.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature. African Americans > History > Juvenile literature. Youth > Conduct of life > Juvenile literature. African Americans > History. Conduct of life. Biography. Noirs américains > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Noirs américains > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Jeunesse > Morale pratique > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / African American & Black. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / United States. African Americans > Juvenile literature. Youth > Juvenile literature. Young adult works Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Claudette Colvin and how to make change at any age
Benjamin Banneker and how to never shrink yourself
Ida B. Wells and why true strength means being vulnerable
Zora Neale Hurston and how to embrace your complex identity
Gordon Parks and when it's time to take a risk
Ledger Smith and how to find confidence in nerve-racking moments
Tommie Smith and how to know who's on your team
Cicely Tyson and why good representation changes lives
Maya Angelou and why your energy is never too much
Patrick Kelly and how rejection can become redirection
Marsha P. Johnson and why anger is not an enemy
Mae Jemison and how dreaming big will help you reach the stars.