For so long, too many stories that reveal what it means and feels like to be Black in America have been overlooked outside Black communities. After these long years of racial reckonings and nascent awakenings, Lift Every Voice presents interviews with the oldest generation of Black Americans about their lives, experiences and wisdom. The 54 fascinating individuals—civil rights activists, hometown heroes, celebrities and many others—include Andre de Shields, Clarice Freeman, Fred Gray, Patti LaBelle and Faye Wattleton."This book, above all else, is a reminder of where we have been and the debt we owe to those who came before. These Americans have not passed the torch, but are clasping it with us, urging us to continue the work alongside them,"-Nikole Hannah-Jones