Expand your horizons and diversify your reading with a beautiful alphabet picture book that presents key names, moments, and places in Black history with text lyrically written by poet Rio Cortez.
B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture.
Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak, creativity and joy.
It's a story of big ideas--P is for Power, S is for Science and Soul. Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration. Of iconic figures--H is for Zora Neale Hurston, X is for Malcom X. It's an ABC book like no other, and a story of hope and love.
In addition to rhyming text, the book includes back matter with information on the events, places, and people mentioned in the poem, from Mae Jemison to W. E. B. Du Bois, Fannie Lou Hamer to Sam Cooke, and the Little Rock Nine to DJ Kool Herc.
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Tuma's Books is an online and NYC-based pop-up bookstore specializing in books with diverse cultural representation. Every month, we handpick titles to help readers of all ages and educators expand their horizons and enrich their reading with stories of the lives and lived experiences of Black, Indigenous, People of Color.