Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life (Hardcover)

Editors: Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers (2021)

Contributors: Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Mahogany L. Browne, Paula Chase, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Floyd Cooper. Pat Cummings, Sharon M. Draper, Lamar Giles, Nikki Grimes, Ekua Holmes, Cheryl Willis Hudson, Curtis Hudson, Wade Hudson, Tiffany Jewell, Keith Knight, London Ladd, Kelly Starling Lyons, Kwame Mbalia, DSeRay Mckesson, Robert H. Miller, Denene Millner, Jerdine Nolen, Adedayo Perkovich, James E. Ransome, Ronald L. Smith, Nic Stone, Don Tate, Eric Velasquez, Carole Boston Weatherford, Alicia D. Williams, Shannon Wright, and Ibi Zoboi

For ages 10–12

BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED.
 
Prominent Black creators lend their voice, their insight, and their talent to an inspiring anthology that celebrates Black culture and Black life. Essays, poems, short stories, and historical excerpts blend with a full-color eight-page insert of spellbinding art to capture the pride, prestige, and jubilation that is being Black in America. In these pages, find the stories of the past, the journeys of the present, and the light guiding the future.
 
BLACK LIVES WILL ALWAYS MATTER.