This gift book is an elegant and valuable volume of collected wisdom, reflections, and folk sayings from African Americans. Contributors include Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Alice Walker, Sojourner Truth, Zora Neale Hurston, Alex Haley, and Bill Cosby.

Now available in this beautiful gift edition, this collection of the wisdom, reflections and folk-sayings by Americans of African descent includes the words of Toni Morrison, Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Cosby, Harriet Tubman, Mahalia Jackson, Zora Neale Hurston, and James Baldwin. The book cuts across generational and cultural lines with its insight and appeal.