Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives MatterIn 2020, the world watched history being made in the streets of America. The rallying cry of Black Lives Matter captured global attention and spurred thousands of people of all ages, races, genders, and backgrounds to stand up for major progressive social reform. The widespread protests, rooted in the call and response tradition of the Black community, were fueled by a growing understanding for many that systemic racism undermines the very nature of

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Show Up as You Beautifully Are

she'll have to consider if maybe she's wrong about it

William and Louella become the appointed king and queen of their self-proclaimed Kingdom of the Happy Land

determined to get back the love of his life

Alex has spent the last ten years traveling the world on adventures Lucy has only ever dreamed of

But Amina is secretly relieved

journalists and novelists--each of whom has contributed an entry about one five-year period to create a dynamic multivoiced single-volume history of black people in America

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one by one

the stories in When Trying to Return Home dig deeply into the question of belonging

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