Jamia Wilson joined Random House as an executive editor in 2021, and is the former executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press. An activist and writer, Wilson has contributed to New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Today Show, CNN, BBC, Teen Vogue, Elle, Refinery 29, Rookie and The Guardian. She is the author of Young Gifted and Black; Baby Young, Gifted, and Black; Step Into Your Power and Big Ideas for Young Thinkers. She is also a co-author of Road Map for Revolutionaries and wrote the introduction and oral history to Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World.Andrea Pippins is an illustrator, designer, and author who has a passion for creating images that reflect what she wants to see in art, media, and pop culture. Her vision is to empower people of color with tools and inspiration to create and tell their own stories. She is the best-selling creator of the coloring book I Love My Hair and the interactive journal Becoming Me. Her clients include O: The Oprah Magazine, Scoop Magazine, Family Circle, The Huffington Post, Bustle, Free People, Lincoln Center, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Andrea is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Welcome to this book!How this book worksJuan LatinoQueen NannyToussaint L’OuvertureAlexander PushkinAlexandre DumasMary SeacoleHarriet TubmanYaa AsantewaaGeorge Washington CarverMatthew HensonMadam C.J. WalkerW.E.B Du BoisMoses & Calvin McKissackBessie ColemanAnn LoweAlbert LuthuliLouis ArmstrongLangston HughesCharles R. DrewJosephine BakerThurgood MarshallJesse OwensRosa ParksSister Rosetta TharpeNelson MandelaGeorge Washington Gibbs Jr.Katherine JohnsonJackie RobinsonShirley ChisholmBertina LopesFrantz Fanon & Hans MassaquoiSidney PoitierMaya AngelouCoretta Scott KingMartin Luther King, Jr.Mariama Bâ, Gladys Mae West & Chinua AchebeAlvin AileyToni MorrisonMiriam MakebaNina SimoneAnnie EasleyNgũgĩ Wa Thiong’o & Fela KutiKofi AnnanJohn LewisWangari MaathaiPeléMuhammad AliAretha FranklinAngela DavisBob MarleyOctavia Butler & Thomas SankaraImanOprah WinfreyMae JemisonPrinceYannick NoahJean-Michel BasquiatBarack & Michelle ObamaMalorie BlackmanMaurice AshleyOzwald BoatengBrian LaraSteve McQueenNaomi CampbellMarcus Samuelsson & Leymah GboweeAva DuvernayLaverne CoxCathy FreemanZadie SmithChimamanda Ngozi AdichieSerena & Venus WilliamsBeyoncé & SolangeMisty CopelandNicola AdamsMo FarahEsperanza SpaldingPhoebe RobinsonLewis HamiltonUsain BoltMichaela CoelColin KaepernickKadeena CoxAisha Dee & Adenike OladosuNaomi OsakaSimone BilesAmanda GormanNtando Mahlangu & Zaila Avant-GardeMari CopenyTrailblazersPowerful ProfessionsQuestions for DiscussionTimelineGlossary

Jamia Wilson joined Random House as an executive editor in 2021, and is the former executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press. An activist and writer, Wilson has contributed to New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Today Show, CNN, BBC, Teen Vogue, Elle, Refinery 29, Rookie and The Guardian. She is the author of Young Gifted and Black; Baby Young, Gifted, and Black; Step Into Your Power and Big Ideas for Young Thinkers. She is also a co-author of Road Map for Revolutionaries and wrote the introduction and oral history to Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World.Andrea Pippins is an illustrator, designer, and author who has a passion for creating images that reflect what she wants to see in art, media, and pop culture. Her vision is to empower people of color with tools and inspiration to create and tell their own stories. She is the best-selling creator of the coloring book I Love My Hair and the interactive journal Becoming Me. Her clients include O: The Oprah Magazine, Scoop Magazine, Family Circle, The Huffington Post, Bustle, Free People, Lincoln Center, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Andrea is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Welcome to this book!How this book worksJuan LatinoQueen NannyToussaint L’OuvertureAlexander PushkinAlexandre DumasMary SeacoleHarriet TubmanYaa AsantewaaGeorge Washington CarverMatthew HensonMadam C.J. WalkerW.E.B Du BoisMoses & Calvin McKissackBessie ColemanAnn LoweAlbert LuthuliLouis ArmstrongLangston HughesCharles R. DrewJosephine BakerThurgood MarshallJesse OwensRosa ParksSister Rosetta TharpeNelson MandelaGeorge Washington Gibbs Jr.Katherine JohnsonJackie RobinsonShirley ChisholmBertina LopesFrantz Fanon & Hans MassaquoiSidney PoitierMaya AngelouCoretta Scott KingMartin Luther King, Jr.Mariama Bâ, Gladys Mae West & Chinua AchebeAlvin AileyToni MorrisonMiriam MakebaNina SimoneAnnie EasleyNgũgĩ Wa Thiong’o & Fela KutiKofi AnnanJohn LewisWangari MaathaiPeléMuhammad AliAretha FranklinAngela DavisBob MarleyOctavia Butler & Thomas SankaraImanOprah WinfreyMae JemisonPrinceYannick NoahJean-Michel BasquiatBarack & Michelle ObamaMalorie BlackmanMaurice AshleyOzwald BoatengBrian LaraSteve McQueenNaomi CampbellMarcus Samuelsson & Leymah GboweeAva DuvernayLaverne CoxCathy FreemanZadie SmithChimamanda Ngozi AdichieSerena & Venus WilliamsBeyoncé & SolangeMisty CopelandNicola AdamsMo FarahEsperanza SpaldingPhoebe RobinsonLewis HamiltonUsain BoltMichaela CoelColin KaepernickKadeena CoxAisha Dee & Adenike OladosuNaomi OsakaSimone BilesAmanda GormanNtando Mahlangu & Zaila Avant-GardeMari CopenyTrailblazersPowerful ProfessionsQuestions for DiscussionTimelineGlossary