I Can Write the World Black & African American Historical Fiction he has to choose between

he has to choose between becoming financially solvent or exposing himself to his pursuers

revealing the concrete and chilling ways people of faith have worked against racial justice

Rarely credited

and all the things that happened--"even the terrible things

Inspired by the eagerly awaited birth of her daughter

I Can Write the World Black & African American Historical Fiction he has to choose betweenEight year old Ava Murray wants to know why theres a difference between the warm, friendly Bronx neighborhood filled with music and art in which she lives and the Bronx she sees in news stories on TV and on the Internet. When her mother explains that the power of stories lies in the hands of those who write them, Ava decides to become a journalist. I Can Write the World follows Ava as she explores her vibrant South Bronx neighborhood buildings whose