From Colin Kaepernick to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Benjamin Crump, Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's is
a picture book celebration of Black history and excellence from New York Times bestselling and award-winning
author Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated bySavanna Durr.
I have hair like Obamaâs and hands like LeBronâs.
My mind is more magical than âIceâ McDonaldâs wands.
My legs, like Michael Jordanâs, shatter records with a leap.
My soul is kissed by Africaâthe futureâs mine to keep.
Inspired by the famous White House photograph of five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touching then-president
Barack Obamaâs hair, Weatherfordâs powerful textâilluminated by Savanna Durrâs warm, jewel-toned artâis an
ode to all the things that make Black and brown kids beautiful. Young readers will learn about many inspiring
figures in Black history up to the present day, gaining confidence in their abilities and their cultural legacy
as they learn. The back matter includes an authorâs note and biographies of each of the featured figures:
Guion Bluford, Usain âLightningâ Bolt, âBootsyâ Collins, John Coltrane, Benjamin Crump, LeBron James, Lonnie
Johnson, Michael Jordan, Colin Kaepernick, Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Elijah McCoy, Kenrick
âIceâ McDonald, Barack Obama, Colin Powell, and Tommie Smith.