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Say her name

"Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the...

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Main Author: Elliott, Zetta (Author)
Other Authors: Wise, Loveis (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Los Angeles : Jump at the Sun, 2020.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Young adult poetry, American.
African American women > Young adult poetry.
African Americans > Civil rights > Young adult poetry.
Poetry > Young adult.
Summary: "Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls." -- amazon.com
Physical Description: 83 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781368045247
1368045243
Author Notes: Zetta Elliott is an award-winning author, scholar, and activist. Born in Canada, she moved to the US in 1994 to pursue her PhD in American Studies at NYU. She taught Black Studies at the college level for close to a decade and has worked with urban youth for thirty years. Her poetry has been published in New Daughters of Africa We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices the Cave Canem anthology The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South Check the Rhyme: an Anthology of Female Poets and Emcees and Coloring Book: an Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers. She is the author of over thirty books for young readers and currently lives in West Philadelphia. Visit zettaelliott.com to learn more. Loveis Wise is a Freelance Illustrator and Designer from Washington D.C. Her work can be found in the New York Times , the New Yorker , Refinery29, and Buzzfeed. She currently lives in Philadelphia.

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