First edition of this collection of "Black is beautiful" poems about growing up in Chicago.
Near fine in very good plus jacket.
Price: $350.00
Sherry is my big sister. / She wears a afro / and Afrikan dresses. / Sherry calls her friends / "brother" and "sister" / and she said I was / Black and beautiful. / When I grow up / I want to be / just like Sherry.
Fufuka describes her approach to this book of poetry: "In writing these poems I have gone back to my childhood and relived the experiences of those years of growing and learning. I have tried to deal here with both the positive and negative aspects of life which constitute reality for a child in the urban Black community today" (rear flap). Poems feature a drug dealer, a prostitute, an alcoholic, and a friend's older brother who overdoses. The poems also describe the excitement of spending a nickel, dreams of being a basketball star, listening to granddaddy's stories, and the unassailable coolness of dad. Many copies went to libraries; collectible copies are now quite scarce.
Read more: Rollock, Black Authors & Illustrators of Children's Books.
First printing. New York: The Dial Press, (1975). 9'' x 6.5''. Original broth cloth stamped in silver. In original unclipped ($5.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Purple endpapers. Illustrated by M. Fufuka throughout in black and white. [48] pages. Jacket with some toning to spine and margins, a couple short closed tears. Book with only minor shelfwear.
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