Shining Bright, Shining Black

Shining Bright, Shining Black! is a rebound treasury of the best-selling, genre-defining Young, Gifted and Black, and its follow-up Young, Gifted and Black Too. Meet 100 icons of colour from the past, including inspiring figures from as far back as the 1500s, and present day, in this celebration of inspirational achievement. This treasury includes a collection of stories about changemakers to encourage, inspire and empower the next generation of changemakers, as well as exciting new material and a detailed timeline. This is ideal for educators and homeschoolers studying Black excellence, with a huge range of figures to explore over the academic year. Biographies are ordered chronologically, and the range of figures showcases a global selection in line with the movement towards decolonising our history and curricula. Strong, courageous, talented and diverse, these extraordinary men and women''s achievements will inspire a new generation to chase their dream… whatever it may be.The 100 icons: Juan Latino, Queen Nanny, Toussaint Louverture, Alexander Pushkin, Alexandre Dumas, Mary Seacole, Harriet Tubman, Yaa Asantewaa, George Washington Carver, Matthew Henson, Madam C J Walker, W.E.B Du Bois, Moses and Calvin McKissack, Bessie Coleman, Ann Lowe, Albert Luthuli, Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Charles R Drew, Josephine Baker, Thurgood Marshall, Jesse Owens, Rosa Parks, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Nelson Mandela, George Washington Gibbs Jr., George Washington Gibbs Jr., Jackie Robinson, Shirley Chisholm, Bertina Lopes, Frantz Fanon, Hans Massaquoi, Sidney Poitier, Maya Angelou, Coretta Scott King, MLK Jr, Mariama Bâ, Gladys Mae West, Chinua Achebe, Alvin Ailey, Toni Morrison, Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone, Annie Easley, Ngugi Wa Thiong''o, Kofi Annan, John Lewis, Wangari Maathai, Pele, Muhammad Ali, Aretha Franklin, Angela Davis, Bob Marley, Octavia Butler, Thomas Sankara, Iman, Oprah Winfrey, Mae Jemison, Prince, Yannick Noah, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Obamas, Malorie Blackman, Maurice Ashley, Ozwald Boateng, Brian Lara, Steve McQueen, Naomi Campbell, Marcus Samuelsson, Leymah Gbowee, Ava Duvernay, Laverne Cox, Cathy Freeman, Zadie Smith, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Serena & Venus, Beyonce and Solange, Misty Copeland, Nicola Adams, Mo Farah, Esperanza Spalding, Phoebe Robinson, Lewis Hamilton, Usain Bolt, Michaela Coel, Colin Kaepernick, Kadeena Cox, Aisha Dee, Adenike Oladosu, Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles, Amanda Gorman, Ntando Mahlangu, Zaila Avant-Garde and Mari Copeny.Discover more empowering books by the same author–illustrator team: Young, Gifted and Black, Too; Baby Young, Gifted, and Black; Young, Gifted and Black; Step into Your Power; Step into My Power and Big Ideas For Young Thinkers.

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