The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person (Hardcover)We don't see color." "I didn't know Black people liked Star Wars!" "What hood are you from?" For Frederick Joseph, life as a transfer student in a largely white high school was full of wince worthy moments that he often simply let go. As he grew older, however, he saw these as missed opportunities not only to stand up for himself, but to spread awareness to those white people who didn't see the negative impact they were having.

inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her "louding voice" and speak up for herself

once Emoni starts cooking

now infertile

It brings to life past

they are never broken

Ultimately

girls who rock naturals

and the power of one person reaching out to another in the fight for change

Rather you have daughter

Maiz comes up amarillo

in these poems that include Count to Love

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed