Inspiring Children’s Book Encourages Black Boys To ‘Be Brilliant’
Why Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Vin Diesel and more are celebrating the new book.
Following the success of her earlier books I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl! and I’m a Lovely Little Latina author Betty K. Bynum wants to spark the minds of young black boys with her latest book, I’m A Brilliant Little Black Boy!
Highlighting moral values and encouraging black boys to explore interests leading to success, the inspirational book was co-written by Bynum’s 19-year-old son Joshua B. Drummond, who was motivated to work on the project given the void of black cartoon characters on television.
“I would watch Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Every once in a while, there would be that one Black character within the friend group,” Drummond said in a press release. “But for my age, there was never a whole group of just boys, like cool Black kids for the cartoons in particular.”
