She loved making art even when her family was against it and made her life difficult. Vashti Harrison seems connected to Augusta Savage’s biography and her craft. The stories of these prominent black women have a beautiful connection and are viewed as a community instead of individuals. gave his famous speech on ‘I Have a Dream. Mahalia Jackson and Josephine Baker were on stage when Martin Luther King Jr. Mae Hemison applied to NASA since she loved watching Nichelle Nichols play Lieut. The connection between the women’s biographies is amazing for instance, Dr. Her love for documentaries also helped her in writing the book. She used resources like Encyclopedia Britannica and to get more information. The women are from different fields and backgrounds, making the story more diversified. Through an exploratory process, the author came up with the list of the women to cover in the book where some of the names led to the others. Vashti Harrison wrote the book to highlight the stories people rarely hear and appreciate the black women’s contribution to the history of America. Every portrait is accompanied by a brief autobiography hightlighting how those women changed the world. It’s a collection of a group of black women who played a role in history. The women distinguished themselves in various fields, including sports, science, arts, and civil rights. Little Leaders is a story of 40 notable women in US history, each with 2-3 paragraphs of biography. The book was nominated for an NAACP Image Award before its release date. Vashti is known for her bestselling novel Little Leaders, which tells stories of bold African-American women who shaped history.

They were screened at the New York Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Rotterdam International Film Festival. Some of her films were experimental and had a Caribbean origin and folklore. The author also received an MFA in Film and Video from the California Institute of Arts.

She was awarded a BA in Media Studies and Studio Art from the University of Virginia. Vashti Harrison is an author, filmmaker, and illustrator born in Virginia but based in New York.

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