Say Her Name Literary Fiction Take a deep breath

Take a deep breath

but all of the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in

One BIG idea

The astonishing untold history of America's first black millionaires--former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century

was born a slave and escaped to Ohio

Say Her Name Literary Fiction Take a deep breathInspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls. This collection features forty nine powerful poems, four of which are tribute poems inspired by the