KATEY TAYLORAuthor www.kateytaylor.com Photo Download | Bio Download Katey Taylor is a writer and a poet whose poems have appeared in Dark Lit magazine, Brave Voices magazine, and Fauxmoir. She has been interviewed by the Just Us Girls Blog and has served as a SWAAY magazine contributor, where her personal essay “When First Loves Becomes First Abuse” was selected…
By Kim Taylor Expert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl. On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in Texas were free. Since then, Juneteenth, as the…
DONNA ORIOWO, LICSW, CSTAuthor www.donnaoriowo.com Photo Download | Bio Download Dr. Donna Oriowo (oreo-whoa!) LICSW, CST is an award-winning DEI advocate, international speaker and certified sex and relationship therapist in the Washington, D.C. metro area. She is the owner of a private practice, AnnodRight, through which she works with Black women on issues related to…
By Shawn Martinbrough, Milo Stone, Joseph P. Illidge, and Christopher Jordan The treehouse court is now in session in this first book in the Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court Level 3 Ready-to-Read Graphics series about a young judge who presides over conflict of all sizes in her neighborhood! When bicycles go missing at Fairville…
Written by Ambassador Andrew Young and Paula Young Shelton Illustrated by Gordon C. James As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler’s teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew’s father, told…
PATRICK DOUGHERAuthor www.godbodyart.com Photo Download | Bio Download Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Patrick Dougher is a self-taught fine artist, musician, poet and actor. He has performed and recorded with Sade, the Grammy award-winning Dan Zanes and many others. He has played drums with many notable reggae artists, such as Black Uhuru’s Michael…
DEIRDRE HOLLMANAuthor www.blackcomicscollective.com Photo Download | Bio Download Deirdre Hollman is the founder of the Black Comics Collective, a cultural, educational, publishing and digital forum for connecting comic creators of color with the youth and communities in New York City. She is also a doctoral student in social studies education at Teachers College, Columbia University.…
We are honored that Victory. Stand! by Serendipity authors Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes and illustrator Dawud Anyabwile is among the five finalists for the 2022 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature! “With collaborators Barnes and Anyabwile, Smith details his childhood leading up to his historic Olympic protest—and its aftermath—in this compelling graphic memoir… Anyabwile’s…
Showtime’s “The One and Only Dick Gregory”, directed by Andre Gaines, has been nominated for an Emmy! This documentary, which was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award, celebrates the extraordinary life and continuing legacy of the late comedian, civil rights activist, and author. And don’t miss The Essential Dick Gregory, a collection of his…
TIFFANY YUAuthor tiffanyyu.com Photo Download | Bio Download Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability, an award-winning social enterprise that aims to elevate disability pride, and a content creator with 170k+ followers across platforms. She is a 3x TEDx speaker and has been named a TikTok API (Asian & Pacific Islander) Trailblazer and…
