Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope Young Adult Fiction Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism Historical - United States - 20th Century Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism Thirty diverse

Thirty diverse

these dramatic narratives explore our country’s great tragedy—that a nation “conceived in liberty” was also born in shackles

Introduction by Robert Reid-Pharr

from Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning author Kwame Alexander

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Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope Young Adult Fiction Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism Historical - United States - 20th Century Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism Thirty diverseFrom NPR correspondent andNew York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events. A book in the tradition of James Baldwins A Report from Occupied Territory, Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical response to the struggles of Black lives in our world . . . to Americas