Around this time of year, when Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is followed by Black History Month, kids notice a focus on African American heroes in classrooms and on bookshelves. One of the most ...

New Nursery Rhymes of the Times for Today’s Black Youth *Do you remember the nursery rhymes “Humpty Dumpty” and “Mary Had a Little Lamb?” Most adults grew up with these nursery rhymes along with ...

Muhammad Ali taunted opponents with razor-sharp rhymes, comical one-liners and the type of boxing braggadocio that both endeared him to and angered the masses. Ali was a loudmouth threat to the ...

Muhammad Ali stands with Malcolm X in 1964 outside the Trans-Lux Newsreel Theater on Broadway at 49th Street in New York after a screening of films on Ali's itle fight with Sonny Liston in Miami Beach ...

Asim pays tribute to Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) in this uplifting picture book about a child’s encounter with the boxer. Young Langston, portrayed as Black, is overjoyed upon spotting a flyer announcing ...