Young Gifted &Black,Too.Jamia Wilson+Andrea Pippins(Illustrator) SIGNED COPIES!!

We have signed copies!! This book is on pre-order and will be available in Spring 2023
 
Five years on from 2018's bestselling Young, Gifted and Black, meet 52 more icons of colour in Young, Gifted and Black Too!
 
Featuring the stories of recent changemakers such as Amanda Gorman and Naomi Osaka, as well as historic talents such as Juan Latino and Yaa Asantewaa, Jamia Wilson has curated a new selection of inspiring black icons illustrated by Andrea Pippins’ colourful and celebratory artwork .
 
Covering 52 figures, the book is ideal for educators and homeschoolers studying Black excellence, structuring a programme around one new figure a week.
 
 
The 52 icons: Juan Latino, Queen Nanny, Toussaint Louverture, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Olaudah Equiano, Alexander Pushkin, Yaa Asantewaa, Moses and Calvin McKissack, Ann Lowe, Albert Luthuli, Charles Drew, Thurgood Marshall, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, George Washington Gibbs Jr., Jackie Robinson, Bertina Lopes, Frantz Fanon, Hans Massaquoi, Coretta Scott King, Mariama Ba, Gladys Mae West, Chinua Achebe, Alvin Ailey, Miriam Makeba, Annie Easley, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Fela Kuti, John Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Angela Davis, Bob Marley, Octavia Butler, Thomas Sankara, Iman, Prince, Ozwald Boateng, Marcus Samuelsson, Leymah Gbowee, Laverne Cox, Phoebe Robinson, Lewis Hamilton, Michaela Coel, Colin Kaepernick, Kadeena Cox, Aisha Dee, Adenike Oladosu, Naomi Osaka, Amanda Gorman, Chloe x Halle, Ntando Mahlangu, Zaila Avant-garde, Mari Copeny.
 
Biographies are ordered chronologically, and the range of figures showcases an even more global selection in line with the movement towards decolonising our history and curricula, including people like Toussaint Louverture, Olaudah Equiano, Coretta Scott King, Fela Kuti, Aretha Franklin, Angela Davis, Bob Marley, Laverne Cox, Lewis Hamilton and Naomi Osaka.