{"product_id":"a-long-time-coming-ray-anthony-shepard-9798874616168","title":"A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chronicles the diverse ways each fought racism and shows how much--and how little--has changed for Black Americans since our country's founding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of daring escapes, deep emotion, and subtle lessons on how racism operates, A LONG TIME COMING reveals the universal importance of its subjects' struggles for justice. From freedom seeker Ona Judge, who fled her enslavement by America's first president, to Barack Obama, the first Black president, all of Shepard's protagonists fight valiantly for justice for themselves and all Black Americans in any way that they can. But it is also a highly personal book, as Shepard -- whose maternal grandfather was enslaved -- shows how the grand sweep of history has touched his life, reflecting on how much progress has been made against racism, while also exhorting listeners to complete the vast work that remains to be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Anthony Shepard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798874616168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Recorded Books, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD","brand":"Ray Anthony Shepard","offers":[{"title":"MP3 CD","offer_id":46962325881087,"sku":"9798874616168","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6f4afdc-64ad-4030-9b5a-3a70d35ff4c6.jpg?v=1750650015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-long-time-coming-ray-anthony-shepard-9798874616168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}