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Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life
Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson (editors)
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Crown BFYR/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-38159-5
Keywords: African Americans, Black Lives Matter, Racial justice
Poems, stories, essays, graphic format pieces, and full-color artwork celebrating Black life, produced from 2020 to 2021 by 30 authors, poets, and artists. Back matter includes biographies of contributors.