Shining Bright, Shining Black: Meeting 100 Inspiring Black Icons
Shining Bright, Shining Black brings together the beloved, best‑selling collections Young, Gifted and Black and Young, Gifted and Black Too in one powerful treasury. Inside, readers meet 100 remarkable icons of color—from trailblazers of the 1500s to today’s visionaries—celebrated for their brilliance, courage and world‑shaping achievements.
This collection gathers inspiring stories of changemakers designed to uplift, motivate and empower the next generation. Alongside brand‑new material and a richly detailed timeline, it offers an invaluable resource for educators and homeschoolers exploring Black excellence throughout the academic year. The biographies unfold chronologically and highlight a global range of figures, supporting the ongoing movement to broaden and decolonize our understanding of history.
Bold, resilient, gifted and wonderfully diverse, the individuals featured in these pages light the way for young readers to dream big—and pursue those dreams with confidence.
