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Author: Monique L Jones ,
Janina Edwards
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 14.70cm
Weight: 0.136kg
ISBN: 9781094103709
ISBN 10: 1094103705
Publication Date: 15 April 2020
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""The Book of Awesome Black Americans belongs on every coffee table in America. Monique Jones packs her book with astonishing stories of bravery, grit, and joy. The anecdotes of overlooked personalities and heroes will ensure you never look at history the same again. Who says history has to be boring?"" -- ""Li Lai, founder of Mediaversity Reviews"" ""Monique Jones strikes the balance of fun and learning with her fantastic debut...An upbeat but necessary lesson on our unsung heroes."" -- ""Joi Childs, brand marketer and film/TV critic"" ""Sheds new light on familiar heroes and showcases Black Americans we should be talking about more. Activists and rap stars, abolitionists and pioneers, inventors and scientists surge with life throughout this thrilling and comprehensive work."" -- ""Jennifer Maritza McCauley, National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and author of Scar On/Scar Off""
"""The Book of Awesome Black Americans belongs on every coffee table in America. Monique Jones packs her book with astonishing stories of bravery, grit, and joy. The anecdotes of overlooked personalities and heroes will ensure you never look at history the same again. Who says history has to be boring?"" -- ""Li Lai, founder of Mediaversity Reviews"" ""Monique Jones strikes the balance of fun and learning with her fantastic debut...An upbeat but necessary lesson on our unsung heroes."" -- ""Joi Childs, brand marketer and film/TV critic"" ""Sheds new light on familiar heroes and showcases Black Americans we should be talking about more. Activists and rap stars, abolitionists and pioneers, inventors and scientists surge with life throughout this thrilling and comprehensive work."" -- ""Jennifer Maritza McCauley, National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and author of Scar On/Scar Off"""
Sheds new light on familiar heroes and showcases Black Americans we should be talking about more. Activists and rap stars, abolitionists and pioneers, inventors and scientists surge with life throughout this thrilling and comprehensive work. -- Jennifer Maritza McCauley, National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and author of Scar On/Scar Off Monique Jones strikes the balance of fun and learning with her fantastic debut...An upbeat but necessary lesson on our unsung heroes. -- Joi Childs, brand marketer and film/TV critic The Book of Awesome Black Americans belongs on every coffee table in America. Monique Jones packs her book with astonishing stories of bravery, grit, and joy. The anecdotes of overlooked personalities and heroes will ensure you never look at history the same again. Who says history has to be boring? -- Li Lai, founder of Mediaversity Reviews
Author Information
Monique Jones is an entertainment and pop culture writer, media critic, and TV/Film reviewer. Jones has graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communications Studies from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has written for ShockYa, TV Equals, Racialicious, Black Girl Nerds, The Nerds of Color, Tor, Ebony, Entertainment Weekly, SlashFilm, the Birmingham Times, and the Miami New Times. She also writes about pop culture and media as it relates to race, culture, and representation at colorwebmag.com. Janina Edwards, an Earphone Award-winning narrator, is a graduate of the acting program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
