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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.