curated by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli
Illustrated by Desire Cesar "El Cesart" Ngabo
A Denene Millner Book
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Simon & Schuster
2025
112 pages
ISBN: 9881665930642
Bold Words From Black Men is a treasure trove of quotable quotes from black actors, performers athletes, politicians, and other famous pubic figures.
From Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, "You gotta be able to compete. Steel sharpens steel. You gotta get out there and earn your spot. It's not given," and from Lebron James, "Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed," wise words from two world famous black men who are at the top of their games respectively.
The reader will find words of wisdom, life lessons, introspective thoughts to ponder and true compassion, From baseball great Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the major league, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." Imagine the impact Robinson had and still has on generations of young black men and women. His life lives on.
From funny man Eddie Murphy, in a pensive moment for a comedian, I suppose, he offers, "Positivity, creativity, forward motion. Those three things pretty much cover everything. Whenever things get crazy, if you go back to that, you get grounded." Pretty smart advice from a man who spends his life getting laughs.
There are fifty quotes from fifty different black men gathered by the author Dr. Tamara Pizzoli. Powerful words in a powerful book and a great gift idea for any young tween, teen or new high school graduate, first year college student and yes, even adults will become a book the reader goes to find inspiration or healing.
Highly recommended grades 5 and up.
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