{"product_id":"have-i-ever-told-you-black-lives-matter-hardcover","title":"Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShani King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBobby C. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack lives matter. That message would be self-evident in a just world, but in this world and this America, all children need to hear it again and again, and not just to hear it but to feel and know it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book affirms the message repeatedly, tenderly, with cumulative power and shared pride. Celebrating Black accomplishments in music, art, literature, journalism, politics, law, science, medicine, entertainment, and sports, Shani King summons a magnificent historical and contemporary context for honoring the fortitude of Black role models, women and men, who have achieved greatness despite the grinding political and social constraints on Black life. Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison, Sojourner Truth, John Lewis, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, and many more pass through these pages. An America without their struggles, aspirations, and contributions would be a shadow of the country we know. A hundred life sketches augment the narrative, opening a hundred doors to lives and thinking that aren't included in many history books. James Baldwin's challenge is here: \"We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.\" Actress Viola Davis's words are here, too: \"When I was younger, I did not exert my voice because I did not feel worthy of having a voice. I was taught so many things that didn't include me. Where was I? What were people like me doing?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells children what people like Viola were and are doing, and it assures Black children that they are, indisputably, worthy of having a voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eHave I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter?\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for this time and always. It is time for all children to live and breathe the certainty that Black lives matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.6 x 7.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768463851808,"sku":"9780884488897","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/801ed38cc5f23a3c439338ffe8e2c8a0.webp?v=1780330399","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/have-i-ever-told-you-black-lives-matter-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}