Author: Greene, Cheryll Y & Smiley, Tavis

The traveling museum exhibition America I AM: The African American Imprint was conceived by award-winning broadcaster and author Tavis Smiley as a one-of-a-kind multi-media experience. This beautifully conceived companion volume addresses the central theme of the exhibition, posed by W.E.B. Du Bois: "Would America have been America without her Negro people?" Through exceptional photographs and penetrating words, it captures the dynamism of 78 legendary African-Americans - artists, activists, athletes and political leaders - highlighting the indelible imprint each has made on the nation and the world. 150 pp.