Heart and Soul
The Story of America and African Americans

Humans tend to be a highly visual species. When folks tell you not to judge a book by its cover, that's an optimistic sentiment rather than a rule. People like to judge by covers. Often we haven't time to inspect the contents of all the books we see, so the jackets bear the brunt of our inherent ske......more

Kadir Nelson. He's the best. I could look at his paintings all day. Nelson takes on the persona of an elderly African-American woman sharing stories of her family from the time of their arrival in America through the era of Martin Luther King Jr. to write this mesmerizing history of America and Afri......more

Have you ever wanted to know your family history? Have you wondered whether your ancestors were a part of a big event in history that took place? Heart and Soul is a story about the author’s family history that stretched back all the way to when his great-grandfather came to the newly found and sett......more

It is a little hard to evaluate the text of this book independently from the images, just because the paintings are *so* arresting. I have to say, and maybe I'm the only one, but I was quite taken with the writing and voice as well. I think Nelson accomplished something that looks simple but actuall......more

For my informational text I read the book “Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans” by Kadir Nelson. This book is written through the perspective of an unnamed narrator. The book shows the injustices and struggles that African American’s faced throughout history. It travels from s......more