Black family traditional home setting with  a book of black poems on the table

You Might Recognize Somebody In These Pages

The grandmother who made everybody fit.

The father who didn't say much, but made sure everybody got home.

The mother who could make something out of almost nothing.

The neighborhood where somebody always knew whose child you were.

The music. The kitchen. The laughter. The names. The way we made a way.

Some memories belong to one family. Others somehow belong to all of us.

An elderly black woman sitting in a wooden rocking chair reads a book titled 'Rhythm of the Black Folks' to a young girl on a porch. The scene is warmly lit, with a mug on a small table beside her and a decorative sign on the wall.

"We Been Somebody"

  • "NEGRO BLOOD"

  • "'DON'T FOLD YOUR NAME"

  • "WE BEEN SOMEBODY"

  • "GRANDMA'S HOUSE"

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  • FOR THE FAMILY

    Something to read, talk about, remember and pass from one generation to the next.

  • FOR YOU

    For the moments when you need to remember what was already placed inside you.

  • FOR YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER

    For the stories, sacrifices and little things you understand differently now that you're older.

  • FOR YOUR CHILDREN

    Give them something that reminds them their story didn't begin with them.

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