Grades 6-12 Ages 10 and up

In the stunning follow-up to The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth, award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life.

"A multifaceted, sometimes disheartening, yet consistently enriching primer on the unyielding necessity of those three words: Black Lives Matter." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
 
BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED.
 
Prominent Black creators lend their voice, their insight, and their talent to an inspiring anthology that celebrates Black culture and Black life. Essays, poems, short stories, and historical excerpts blend with a full-color eight-page insert of spellbinding art to capture the pride, prestige, and jubilation that is being Black in America. In these pages, find the stories of the past, the journeys of the present, and the light guiding the future.
 
BLACK LIVES WILL ALWAYS MATTER.

Available Formats

Trade Paperback 9780593381625
Hardcover 9780593381595
Hardcover Library Binding 9780593381601
eBook 9780593381618
Unabridged Audiobook Download 9780593415672

Awards

ALA Notable Children's Book - SELECTION 2022

CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young Readers - SELECTION 2022

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