In Black Skin: A Poetic Journey from Black Enslavement in America to Black Lives Matter

In Black Skin is a reflective and illustrative poetry collection that takes the reader on a lyrical journey from Black enslavement in America to the Black Lives Matter movement. This literary work, divided into five chapters and inspired by actual events, expresses sentiments around injustice, inequality, and inhumanity from the Black American lens. Chapter One: Sankofa Reflections, covers American slavery, segregation, the Great Migration, the Tuskegee Study, and environmental issues plaguing the Black community. Chapter Two: Living in Black Skin, covers gentrification, incarceration, job discrimination, cultural assimilation, The Talk, and racial profiling. Chapter Three: Black Lives Matter, highlights related themes on the movement. Chapter Four: Say Their Names, speaks on the unjust killing of Black people, such as George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. Chapter Five: Elevation, celebrates the rise of Black Americans despite the plaguing discrimination they face in American society.

A searing and ultimately rousing collection of poems about the Black American experience. —Publishers Weekly Booklife