Memoir connects abusive childhood in Minnesota to the Jim Crow South and slavery
Although “I Am Nobody’s Slave” takes the form of a memoir, Minnesota native Lee Hawkins’ book becomes something bigger: an ...
Tacoma author's book encourages Black girls to be unapologetically themselves
Years later, The Black Lives Matter movement inspired Lee to write the children's book she wanted so badly growing up. She recruited her best friend Megan Barr to hand paint the illustrations, and ...