"The work of more than forty distinguished writers and visual artists who share memories and images in praise of family and African-American ancestors."--Jacket
A Good thing / Candy Dawson Boyd -- Bert James smiled / Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard -- Legacy / Ashley Bryan -- Gifts from my parents / Margery Wheeler Brown -- Feelin' blue? ... crack a book! / Floyd Cooper and Dayton Cooper -- With a name like Steptoe.. Bweela and Javaka talk with Pat Cummings -- Flying / Richard Wesley -- Bridges / Walter Dean Myers -- Sunrise sunset / Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe -- The Gift / Nikki Grimes -- Black Woman / Tom Feelings -- "Home" / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Mom, dad, family, and me: an interview with Brian Pinkney -- Tuesday (Chattanooga, TN) / Angela Johnson -- Undue burden / Mildred Pitts Walter -- What it means to be my father's son / Bakari Kitwana -- A Personal journey: race, rage and intnellectual development / Haki R. Madhubuti -- Jurdine, Jurdine / Wade Hudson -- Rock of ages / Tonya Bolden -- Roots go deep / Cheryl Willis Hudson -- Nana / Glennette Tilley Turner -- Kazumi's shelf / Toyomi Igus -- Momma's kitchen table / Eleanora E. Tate -- Sugar / Joyce Carol Thomas -- Ornaments / Patricia C. and Fredrick McKissack Jr. -- Louisa Pilgrim / George Ford -- "Fetching" out of the past: an interview with Virginia Hamilton -- Feel the Spirit / Joyce Hansen -- Long distance warriors, dreamers & rhymers / Eugene B. Redmond -- Ancient-future family/knights of endurance / Leo and Diane Dillon
