Jason Reynolds is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of many books, including W
hen I Was the Greatest,
Boy in the Black Suit,
All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely),
As Brave as You,
For Every One, the Track series (
Ghost,
Patina,
Sunny, and
Lu),
Long Way Down, and
Look Both Ways. He is a two-time National Book Award finalist; the recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and multiple Coretta Scott King Honors; and the winner of a Kirkus Prize, two Walter Dean Myers Awards, and an NAACP Image Award, among other honors. He lives in Washington,
D.C.
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is a #1
New York Times bestselling author, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, and the Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. He is an Ideas Columnist at
The Atlantic, and a correspondent with CBS News. He is the author of many books including
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and three #1
New York Times bestsellers:
How to Be an Antiracist; Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, co-authored with
Jason Reynolds; and
Antiracist Baby, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky.
Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul is an educator, author, and the co-founder of the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy. She is the Director of Diversity and Equity at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. As a former middle school English teacher, Sonja developed curriculum that centered the work of racial literacy in K-12 schools. She leads presentations at educational conferences and works with educators around the world providing professional development on antiracist reading and writing instruction.
Rachelle Baker is a multi-disciplinary artist from Detroit, Michigan. She is the artist behind many the covers of
New York Times and Indie bestsellers including
Grown and
Furia, as well as the illustrator of
Shirley Chisolm is a Verb by Veronica Chambers (Dial/PRH) and
Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani (Ten Speed Press/PRH). Her work has been featured in the
New York Times, New York Magazine, Netflix, and
Entertainment Weekly, among others.
