Jamiel Law

Jan 31, 2025 | nytimes.com | Veronica Chambers |Jamiel Law

Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years but what is it exactly and how did it begin?

Jan 30, 2024 | bookshop.org | Michelle Meadows |Jamiel Law

Celebrate James Baldwin's one-hundredth birthday anniversary with the first-ever illustrated biography of this legendary writer, orator, activist, and intellectual. Before he became a writer, James "Jimmy" Baldwin was a young boy from Harlem, New York, who loved stories. He found joy in the rhythm of music, family, and books. But Jimmy also found the blues, as a Black man living in America. When he discovered the written word, he discovered true power. Writing gave him a voice.