Black History Is Your History

Gr 7-10–Cassidy, the award-winning content creator and TikTok sensation of Fast Black History, has written her first book with a goal to encourage and engage middle school age students. She highlights 12 people from Black history and includes stories about herself as it relates to theses African American heroes. Borrowing from the tone in her TikTok series, she makes history informational and fun. The first person she highlights is Claudette Colvin, who was a teenager when she became a game changer. Within the book, Cassidy shares her inspiration for all she’s accomplished. As a high school student in an Advanced Placement class, Cassidy hoped to learn more about Black History, which was lacking in her previous studies. Sadly, she was disappointed, but her disappointment in representation motivated her to become a history researcher and content creator. In this title, she has created something for today’s students that she didn’t have.