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Shining Legacy: Storypoems for the Young, So Black Heroes and Heroines Forever Will Be Sung, celebrates the past through epic, ballad, legend and saga, all accentuated with rhyme. Role models range from Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Sojourner Truth -- to Malcolm X, Denmark Vesey, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Paul Robeson and Marcus Garvey. This beautifully colored edition of Shining Legacy comes 38 years after its original 1983 black and white publication. Through Shining Legacy, Taifa provides much-needed identity, purpose and direction for children in general, and Black youth in particular.

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The author has maintained the endorsements from the book's original 1983 publication date: Nkechi Taifa correctly perceives a great need for role models for Afro-American youth. Her book, Shining Legacy, commendably attempts to fulfill that need. In well-researched poems and tales, in clear and idiomatic language, she has celebrated role models ranging from Toussaint L'Ouverture to Paul Robeson, from Harriet Tubman to Fannie Lou Hamer. Aimed at a young audience, it still could benefit older readers. --- Sterling A. Brown, Poet Laureate, Professor Emeritus, Howard University (1983) New Creativity from a new author. Sounding an alarm for Unity, Love, Power! Read and be renewed. Welcome Nkechi to the circle of poets. -- Sonia Sanchez, Author, Activist (1983) Sister Nkechi has rendered us an excellent service by producing this valuable book for our children. During my many years of publishing, I've come across few books that speak to the needed roots of our people. These storypoems and tales are a necessity for those young people who are seriously trying to locate an anchor for their tomorrows. -- Haki R. Madhubuti, Author, Publisher, Third World Press (1983)

The author has maintained the endorsements from the book's original 1983 publication date: Nkechi Taifa correctly perceives a great need for role models for Afro-American youth. Her book, Shining Legacy, commendably attempts to fulfill that need. In well-researched poems and tales, in clear and idiomatic language, she has celebrated role models ranging from Toussaint L'Ouverture to Paul Robeson, from Harriet Tubman to Fannie Lou Hamer. Aimed at a young audience, it still could benefit older readers. --- Sterling A. Brown, Poet Laureate, Professor Emeritus, Howard University (1983) New Creativity from a new author. Sounding an alarm for Unity, Love, Power! Read and be renewed. Welcome Nkechi to the circle of poets. -- Sonia Sanchez, Author, Activist (1983) Sister Nkechi has rendered us an excellent service by producing this valuable book for our children. During my many years of publishing, I've come across few books that speak to the needed roots of our people. These storypoems and tales are a necessity for those young people who are seriously trying to locate an anchor for their tomorrows. -- Haki R. Madhubuti, Author, Publisher, Third World Press (1983)

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Nkechi Taifa is an attorney, activist, educator, author and mother. She is the author of several books for young people: Shining Legacy: Storypoems for the Young, So Black Heroes and Heroines Forever Will Be Sung; The Adventures of Kojo and Ama; Three Tales of Wisdom; New Afrikan Children of the Sun (co-authored with Imamu Kuumba, and, forthcoming, Aisha and the Magic Ankh. These classics were originally written while teaching at an Independent Black School during the late 1970s, and some have now been re-published for a new generation. Taifa is also the author of the best-seller memoir - Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice.

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