Black Was the Ink Cover:Hardcover This brilliant introduction to poetry

This brilliant introduction to poetry and contemporary art features brief biographies of Angelou and Basquiat and an afterword from the editor

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Age Range:  10 - 14

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Black Was the Ink Cover:Hardcover This brilliant introduction to poetryThrough the help of a ghostly ancestor, sixteen year old Malcolm is sent on a journey through Reconstruction era America to find his place in modern day Black progress. Malcolm Williams hasn't been okay for a while. He's angry and despondent and feels like nothing good ever happens for teens like him in D. C. All he wants is to be left alone in his room for the summer to draw or play video games but no such luck. With growing violence in his