Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens todayBlack Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what its like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List. Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Rene Watson. Black isthree friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black isNic Stones high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black istwo girls kissing in Justina Irelands story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and morebecause there are countless ways to be Black enough. Contributors: Justina Ireland Varian Johnson Rita Williams-Garcia Dhonielle Clayton Kekla Magoon Leah Henderson Tochi Onyebuchi Jason Reynolds Nic Stone Liara Tamani Rene Watson Tracey Baptiste Coe Booth Brandy Colbert Jay Coles Ibi Zoboi Lamar Giles