Description: With scenes from family gatherings, Juneteenth and Kwanzaa celebrations, neighborhood, home, and church, and mini-profiles of influential contemporary and historical figures, I Love My People takes readers on an energizing tour of Black culture.
Brief description:
Kim Singleton is a filmmaker, writer, and poet. She earned a BS from Howard University and an MBA from NYU, Stern School of Business, forging a twenty-year career in media. Singleton's love for the arts led her to study at Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, Gotham Writers Workshop, and African Voices Writers Workshop. Singleton is the executive producer and host of the online program Consider It Blacklit, winner of the Public Media Award of Excellence in 2018 and 2019 and three Brooklyn Free Speech Awards in 2023. She is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and a former international president of the Howard University Alumni Association. Singleton lives in New York City.
Review Quotes:
"Singleton orchestrates a celebration of Black culture through this rousing picture book adaptation of her title for adults, I Love My People." --Publishers Weekly