Recognize!, Wade Hudson
Recognize!, Wade Hudson
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Recognize!
An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life

Author: Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson

Narrator: Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, Ryan Vincent Anderson, James Fouhey, Cary Hite, Chanté McCormick, Karen Murray, Joshua David Scarlett, Shayna Small, Tashi Thomas, Ella Turenne

Unabridged: 2 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/12/2021

Synopsis

In the stunning follow-up to The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth, award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life.

"A multifaceted, sometimes disheartening, yet consistently enriching primer on the unyielding necessity of those three words: Black Lives Matter." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
 
BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED.
 
Prominent Black creators lend their voice, their insight, and their talent to an inspiring anthology that celebrates Black culture and Black life. Essays, poems, short stories, and historical excerpts capture the pride, prestige, and jubilation that is being Black in America. In this audiobook, find the stories of the past, the journeys of the present, and the light guiding the future.
 
BLACK LIVES WILL ALWAYS MATTER.

About The Author

Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson are the co-founders of Just Us Books, Inc. For over thirty years they have published, written, and collaborated on books that reflect the diversity of Black history, heritage, and experiences, including the treasury collections We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, which received four starred reviews and was a Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Book, and The Talk, which was a New York Times, NPR, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and Center for Multicultural Literature Best Book of the Year. The husband-wife team live in East Orange, NJ.@hudsonwade@diversitymom_ch

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bookishrealm on February 12, 2022

Anthologies are usually difficult for me to rate because of the variety of stories. Surprisingly, I didn't feel that way with this one and really enjoyed the variety of voices and perspectives from all the authors included. Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life is a book full of......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on May 30, 2023

A fast-paced anthology of short stories, poems, essays, cartoons, and more that illustrate and celebrate the complexity of black lives, meant for younger readers, and compiled in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. I loved the mix of tidbits of Bla......more

Goodreads review by chris on March 02, 2023

Every kid deserves to see themselves in a story. No matter who they are. ("Black Boy Reading" by Ronald L. Smith) I know another world is possible and that we will have to fight to birth her. She's coming. ("An Interview with DeRay Mckesson")......more

Goodreads review by Chris on April 13, 2023

A collection of thoughts in the form of essays, poems, illustrations, and more reflecting on and reacting to the idea that Black Lives Matter--as both a general idea and a historical moment. Interspersed with original, contemporary pieces are selections from historical figures such as Dr. Mary McLeo......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on June 25, 2022

This collection of essays, poems, short stories, historical notes, and artwork is a 3.5 for me. Centering each entry around the idea that black lives do, indeed, matter, the book reminds readers of how the roots of civil rights and black consciousness as well as the progress that has been made and s......more

Quotes

"A multifaceted, sometimes disheartening, yet consistently enriching primer on the unyielding necessity of those three words: Black Lives Matter." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

An empowering, powerful compendium that asserts how “Black lives matter./ Black lives have always mattered.” Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Equal parts inspirational and gut-wrenching, this collection has a range of audiences and purposes. It can be used in class discussions, for pleasure reading, or as rallying cry for change.” –School Library Journal, Starred Review

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