Black Ballerinas Self-Help and moral compass that have

and moral compass that have made Toni Morrison our most cherished and enduring voice

but voices of persons of color within the community are still often silenced

YALSA Honor Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

Publication Date: December 3

The accumulative stresses come to bear on a person's ability to speak

Black Ballerinas Self-Help and moral compass that haveFrom New York Times bestselling and award winning author and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland comes an illustrated nonfiction collection celebrating dancers of color who have influenced her on and off the stage. As a young girl living in a motel with her mother and her five siblings, Misty Copeland didnt have a lot of exposure to ballet or prominent dancers. She was sixteen when she saw a black ballerina on a magazine cover for