From Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream Speech” to Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance in 2025, one Detroiter is connecting readers with Black history, one line at a time.
CBS News Detroit spoke with author Javonne Barrett to learn how his debut coloring book, “Lines of Legacy: A Black History Coloring Book,” empowers readers to bring this history to life through creativity, while also sparking a conversation anyone can participate in.
On the surface, the book teaches readers about 25 pivotal moments in American Black history, but on a deeper level, it reflects the way many are left filling in the blanks as adults for truths we probably didn’t learn about as kids in school.