Dear MartinJustyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then comes

rock climbing

provides a space for the creative performance and expression of Black girlhood and how this creativity informs other realizations about Black girlhood and womanhood

Studded with moments of joy

The stories collected here are by turns hilarious

In the outpouring for more on the subject

and cultural illiteracy that push countless students out of school and into unhealthy

Yet instead of viewing her strange body the way the world views it

but he always gets back up

and not just to hear it but to feel and know it

Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors

Caroletta's "same time next year" arrangement with her childhood best friend is tenuous

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