Black Oak: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black MenAs he did for Black women in Black Roses, Harold Green III, poet and founder of the music collective Flowers for the Living, now honors the Black men he most admires groundbreakers including Tyler Perry, Barry Jenkins, Billy Porter, Chance the Rapper, LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and John Legend and celebrates their achievements which are transforming lives and making history. Black men are changing society and the world through mastery,

Enough is enough

And that sometimes

Set in a backdrop of nature's glorious color and bounty

and college applications hovering on the horizon

that is exactly how it is

words from Eleanor Roosevelt

she realizes that Mizan is not who she thought he was

and he's forced to find another spades partner

a map of Garden Heights

no-holds-barred "thesis" addressed to the powerful University Committee that will judge her--may be her last chance to document the Unfortunates' experience before she joins their ranks

I’ll tell you my story but I warn you now

and the constant bravery of choosing love against all odds