Lift every voice A celebration of Black lives

Book - 2022

Presenting interviews with more than fifty members of the oldest generation of Black Americans, including civil rights activists, hometown heroes, celebrities and many others, this testament to the strength and stories behind these individuals reveals their lives, experiences, and wisdom.

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Subjects
Genres
Interviews
Portraits
Biographies
Anecdotes
Published
New York, NY : Hearst Home [2022]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Hearst Books (Firm)
Corporate Author
Hearst Books (Firm) (editor)
Other Authors
Oprah Winfrey (writer of foreword), Nikole Hannah-Jones (writer of introduction)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color portraits ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781950785810
  • Foreword / Oprah Winfrey
  • Introduction / Nicole Hannah-Jones
  • PERSEVERANCE. Rev. Amos Brown
  • Clayborne Carson
  • Claudette Colvin
  • Betty Daniels Rosemond
  • Harry Edwards
  • Fred David Gray
  • Alice Green
  • Opal Lee
  • Betty Reid Soskin
  • Barbara Smith
  • George Starke Jr.
  • Joyce Walker-Joseph
  • CREATIVITY. Anna Bailey
  • André De Shields
  • Simon Estes
  • Mary Jackson
  • Patti Labelle
  • Earl Thorpe
  • Ben Vereen
  • Dionne Warwick
  • Bob Wesley
  • Paula Whaley
  • STRENGTH. James Barber
  • Myrtis Dightman
  • Skip Grant
  • Lillian Greene-Chamberlain
  • Louis Moore
  • Robby Robinson
  • Herman Williams
  • INNOVATION. Joseph Anderson
  • Guion "Guy" Bluford
  • Melissa Freeman
  • Gladys Jennings
  • Vivian Pinn
  • Herlda Senhouse
  • Valerie L. Thomas
  • Faye Wattleton
  • INSPIRATION. Nina Bellamy
  • Alvin Brooks
  • George W. Burnette III
  • Norman C. Francis
  • Clarice Freeman
  • Pearlie Harris
  • Otis Johnson
  • Dollie McLean
  • Pearlie Newton
  • Ruth Simmons
  • Flora Wharton
  • ELOQUENCE. Adrianne Baughns-Wallace
  • Marie Brown
  • Dorothy Butler Gilliam
  • Barbara Rodgers
  • Quincy Troupe
  • Cecil William.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

This attractive and inspiring interview collection spotlights "Black Americans who were born into a nation of strict legal and social apartheid and then forced that horrific architecture to fall." As 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones points out in the book's introduction, Black Americans in their 70s and older not only experienced Jim Crow firsthand, they're also "the last generation who knew people personally who had been enslaved in this country." In interviews conducted by young Black journalists, a diverse and impressive lineup of more than 50 members of this "bridge generation" reflect on breakthroughs and setbacks in the struggle for civil rights. Profile subjects include UC Berkeley sociologist Harry Edwards, who helped organize protests by Black athletes at the 1968 Olympics; Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus nine months before Rosa Parks did the same; Guy Bluford, the first Black astronaut to fly to space; and Faye Wattleton, the first Black president of Planned Parenthood. Interweaving personal and social history, these and other interview subjects shed light on school desegregation, workplace discrimination, police brutality, the "Black Is Beautiful" movement, and other matters. Enriched by handsome, full-color photographs, this is a fitting tribute to a pioneering generation. Illus. (Apr.)

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