Publisher Description
Our sixteenth president is known for many
things: he delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg
Address during the Civil War. He was tall and skinny and notoriously
stern-looking. And he also had some very strong ideas about abolishing
slavery, ideas which brought him into close contact with another very
visible public figure: Frederick Douglass. Douglass was born a slave but
escaped in 1838 and became one of the central figures in the history of
the American abolitionist movement.
This book offers a glimpse
into the unusual friendship between two great American leaders. At a
time when racial tensions were high and racial equality was not yet
established, Abraham Lincoln and Douglass formed a strong bond over
shared ideals and worked alongside each other for a common goal.
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About Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni has written many books of poetry for children and adults. She calls herself, “a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English.” She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Lincoln Heights, an all-black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. She studied at Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. She published her first book of poetry, Black Feeling Black Talk, in 1968, and since then has become one of America’s most widely read poets.
About Danny Glover
Danny Glover, award-winning actor, producer, and humanitarian has been a commanding presence on screen, stage, and television for more than twenty-five years. He is the 2022 recipient of the special Academy Award: the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his work with UNICEF. As an actor, he has appeared in more than 100 feature films, including The Color Purple’(1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Dreamgirls (2006), and Sorry to Bother You (2018), as well as his best-known role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the four-film Lethal Weapon series (1987-1998). He has also produced dozens of narrative and documentary films. As a crusader for global justice, he has used his influence to inspire others to take action against economic and social inequality.