5 Books Published by Inspire Publishing on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

Keith is a kind and friendly kid who has a big heart for his friends and family. One day, his best friend Max invites him to his birthday party. However, he soon learns Max has different views about the "Black Lives Matter" movement versus "All Lives Matter." Will this break up their friendship or will it make it stronger? Journey with Keith as he searches for the best way to explain to his best friend "Black Lives Matter" does not mean other lives do not.

It’s storytime at Grandme’s house, and Keith has never heard the story of Black Wall Street. He’s never heard of the vibrant Black business district that once existed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He’s never heard that it sustained over 600 businesses, a church, schools, libraries, theaters, clothing stores, restaurants, and a hospital! It had ice cream and candy stores too. He’s also never heard that the first bombs that ever fell on American soil were on Black Wall Street. And he’s never heard of the terrible events of May 1920 that razed it all to the ground. Have you? Sit down and listen to Grandme’s story to find out what happened and be proud of the way the Black Wall Street people worked together and supported one another. Maybe you will be inspired to become an entrepreneur just like them.

American history is being made right before the eyes of four excited young girls. Anastasia, Aanya, Tamika, and Amelia are all proud to see America finally has a female vice president who is biracial and has immigrant parents. What does this mean for them? As each finds they have something in common with Kamala Harris, they realize the sky is the limit in their own lives. They too could be anything-even President of the United States.

Keith wants to be different when he grows up. And he doesn’t want to play football like everyone else.In fact, he knows he could be an engineer, a gamer, a teacher, a doctor or a scientist because he likes teaching, helping, building, and inventing. He could be anything!When his dad hears all these ideas, he agrees to help him be whatever he wants to be. What about you? What do you want to be when you grow up?

Have you ever wondered where cornrows and locs come from? Why there are different braids? What they mean? And why Black women rock these hairstyles around the world?Hair can represent your identity, roots, culture, and freedom. If you’re comfortable in your skin today, be bold and wear your cornrows with your head held high. Read on to find out how these braids, twisting, and matting are far more than just a hairstyle. In the intertwining hair is history, culture, survival, and beauty that has often been handed down from generation to generation. Cornrows were prevalent in African culture well before the slave trade, but it is this era that brought it to the United States. While cornrows have not always been accepted in America, today they are seen as an expression of Black self-love and self-acceptance and even becoming popular on the big and small screen.