Volume 1: Eleven Voices
Meet eleven voices whose ideas, creativity, courage, and leadership continue to shape how people understand freedom, culture, community, and possibility. Each one has an original song, a short story, and activities to color, write, and think about.
Hear the music. Read the story. Continue the journey.
Choose a Voice
Select a figure to hear the song, read the story, and continue the learning journey.
1. Nat Turner
Faith • Resistance • Freedom
2. Sojourner Truth
Truth • Courage • Equality
3. Ida B. Wells
Truth • Justice • Courage
4. Ella Baker
People • Power • Progress
5. Fred Hampton
Unity • People • Change
6. Marcus Garvey
Self-Determination • Pride • Global Unity
7. Haile Selassie I
Leadership • Unity • African Renaissance
8. Miriam Makeba
Music • Culture • Freedom
9. James Baldwin
Truth • Expression • Liberation
10. Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry • People • Possibility
11. Imhotep
Innovation • Knowledge • Legacy