The Blackwoods Cover:Hardcover Mom never had long hair—she

Mom never had long hair—she was told it was too wild

the activist educator who brought Black history to one of the nation’s largest and most segregated school systemsA Worthy Piece of Work tells the story of Madeline Morgan (later Madeline Stratton Morris)

Say it with her now: "I love my people

author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy

If you try to be

The Blackwoods Cover:Hardcover Mom never had long hair—sheFrom Boston Globe Horn Book Awardwinning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations of a Hollywood familyan unforgettable tale of ambition, fame, struggle, loss, and love in America. The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name. Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our timeand the matriarch of the most famous Black family in