Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known | George M. Johnson (Author) + Charly Palmer (Illustrator) Children's Books on Prejudice & Racism What leads a bright kid

What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge

monochromatic artwork and an illuminating author's note--The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding

now he’s left making it up to Diego by hanging with him and his gamer buddies

confidence

where the sun pours out of the sky

Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known | George M. Johnson (Author) + Charly Palmer (Illustrator) Children's Books on Prejudice & Racism What leads a bright kidFrom the New York Times bestselling author of All Boys Aren't Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance. In Flamboyants, George M. Johnson celebrates writers, performers, and activists from 1920s Black America whose sexualities have been obscured throughout history. Through 14 essays, Johnson reveals how American culture has been shaped by icons who are both Black and Queer and whose stories deserve