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There is no cavalry coming!
We are the iconic leaders we have been waiting for, curators of the change we’re seeking to see.
I Too Am America examines the promise and peril of Black men and boys in America by exploring the lives of two talented young men, Jamare Winston in Detroit and Romero Wesson in Oakland, who at once embody all that we want our boys to be while also illuminating the many uncertainties they face. With the help of teachers and mentors, they have navigated their teen years in environments where nothing is guaranteed. Their stories mirror the trials facing Black men and boys across the nation.
Corporation for Black Male Achievement founder Shawn Dove had to navigate similarly treacherous waters decades ago as a Black boy in New York City. He was also a young man of many talents, trying to figure out what the world had to offer and his place in it. Part memoir, part exposé of the ways this country continues to forsake Black men and boys, part uplifting call to action, I Too Am America manages to elicit tears while also kindling hope.
I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys, written by Shawn Dove and Nick Chiles, delivers timely insights and inspiration that humanizes the stories of Black men and boys while offering strategic recommendations on how together we can move from our current rumblings with a racial reckoning to loving, learning, and leading with and on behalf of Black men and boys.
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“I Too Am America is engaging, relevant, and timely; and as a Black woman, I saw myself in the narrative as well.”
— Minda Harts, author of The Memo
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“Shawn graciously shares his lessons of leadership, love, and sacrifice…and we all should be truly grateful.”
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“Here is a model for courageous and compassionate Black leadership when the world needs it most.”
— Didier Sylvain, founder, Coherence
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About the Authors
Shawn Dove has almost four decades of cross-sector leadership in the fields of youth development, community-building, philanthropy, arts education, leadership development, and media literacy—a career for which he has been recognized with many honors, including the key to the City of Louisville, Black Enterprise’s inaugural 2017 “BE Modern Man of the Year,” and Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 in 2016. He now serves as the founder of the Corporation for Black Male Achievement.
Nick Chiles is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and the coauthor of three New York Times bestsellers with R&B icon Bobby Brown, civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, and gospel legend Kirk Franklin. He also coauthored with Academy Award–winning actor Jamie Foxx the parenting memoir Act Like You Got Some Sense, and with Atlanta attorney Robbin Shipp the book Justice While Black, a finalist for a 2015 NAACP Image Award. He teaches journalism at the University of Georgia.
About Cary Hite
Cary Hite has performed in several theaters across the country as a cast member in the longest-running African American play in history, The Diary of Black Men. He also appeared in Edward II, Fences, Macbeth, Good Boys, Side Effects May Vary, and the indie feature The City Is Mine. He has voiced several projects for AudibleKids, including Souls Look Back in Wonder, From Slave Ship to Freedom Road, and Papa, Do You Love Me?