Based on her popular Instagram posts, debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison shares the stories of 40 bold African American women who shaped history.

Phillis Wheatley -- Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Rebecca Lee Crumpler -- Mary Bowser -- Mary Eliza Mahoney -- Charlotte E. Ray -- Ida B. Wells -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Alma Woodsey Thomas -- Alice Ball -- Bessie Coleman -- Augusta Savage -- Marian Anderson -- Josephine Baker -- Mahalia Jackson -- Rosa Parks -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Mamie Phipps Clark -- Katherine Johnson -- Shirley Chisholm -- Althea Gibson -- Maya Angelou -- Nichelle Nichols -- Nina Simone -- Audre Lorde -- Raven Wilkinson -- Wilma Rudolph -- Marcelite Harris -- Angela Davis -- Octavia E. Butler -- Julie Dash -- Ruby Bridges -- Oprah Winfrey -- Gwen Ifill -- Dr. Mae Jemison -- Florence Joyner -- Lorna Simpson -- Dominique Dawes -- More little leaders.