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HAVE I EVER TOLD YOU BLACK LIVES MATTER - SHANI...

Black lives matter. That message would be self-evident in a just world  but in this world and
this America  all children need to hear it again and again  and not just to hear it but to feel
and know it. 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 honouring 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 aren't included in many history books. James Baldwin's challenge is here: We are
responsible for the world in which we find ourselves  if only because we are the only sentient
force which can change it. Actress Viola Davis's words are here too: When 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 didn't include me. Where was I? What were people like me doing? This 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? is a book for
this time and always. It is time for all children to live and breathe the certainty that Black
lives matter.

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