{"product_id":"when-we-say-black-lives-matter-csaitm279468","title":"When We Say Black Lives Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a powerful, poetic missive, award-winning author-illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke celebrates the meaning behind the words \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Lives Matter\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLittle one, when we say Black Lives Matter,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewe’re saying Black people are wonderful-strong.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat we deserve to be treated with basic respect,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand that history’s done us wrong. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDarling, when we sing that Black Lives Matter,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand we’re dancing through the streets,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewe’re saying: fear will not destroy our joy,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edefiance in our feet. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this joyful exploration of the Black Lives Matter motto,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea loving narrator relays to a young Black child the strength and resonance behind the words. In family life, through school and beyond, the refrains echo and gain in power, among vignettes of protests and scenes of ancestors creating music on djembe drums. With deeply saturated illustrations rendered in jewel tones, Maxine Beneba Clarke offers a gorgeous, moving, and essential picture book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CANDLEWICK PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45815199891644,"sku":"CSAITM279468","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/1025\/9388\/files\/279468.jpg?v=1772386941","url":"https:\/\/dreamersbmore.com\/products\/when-we-say-black-lives-matter-csaitm279468","provider":"Dreamers \u0026 Make-Believers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}