Introduction
Britany Jenine Gatewood, Bahiyyah Miallah Muhammad and Sydni Myat Turner
Part 1: Truth and Reconciliation: Confidence in My Black Skin
Bahiyyah Miallah Muhammad
Chapter 1: What’s In a Name?
Calvin Bell III
Chapter 2: Unlearn to Relearn
Aloha
Chapter 3: Am I My Mother’s Keeper?
Tonisha Taylor
Chapter 4: Roots, Residue, and Results
Quatina Frazer
Chapter 5: Dad’s “in” Dad’s “out” Part I: The Ebb and Flow of Childhood with an Incarcerated Parent”
Nicole Dezrea Jenkins
Chapter 6: Dad’s “in” Dad’s “out” Part II: Truth and Trajectory from an Academic and Military Veteran”
Nicole Dezrea Jenkins
Chapter 7: Ciera’s New Story
Ciera Payton
Part 2: Reclaiming Black Wellness: Every Revolution Has to Begin Somewhere
Sydni Myat Turner
Chapter 8: Lock and Key: A Story About My Dad
Tru Moore
Chapter 9: A Journey Through Abandonment and Abuse to Acceptance
Alicia Jefferson
Chapter 10: My Healing Journey
Charnal Chaney
Chapter 11: The Journey of a Butterfly
Faith Cole
Chapter 12: Loving Me, Unapologetically
Quaniece Raquelle Jones
Part 3: The Renaissance of Self-Expression: Creativity, Innovation, and Culture
Bahiyyah Miallah Muhammad
Chapter 13: The Masquerade Ball
Donald Stevenson
Chapter 14: The Seed of Hope: “Maybe You’ll Go Away for College”
Lolu Drummond
Chapter 15: In Memory of You, Dad
Shannell Kitt, MSW, MFA
Chapter 16: Now You See Him, Now You Don’t
Justice Howard
Chapter 17: Falling on Deaf Ears
Gabrielle Dunn
Chapter 18: Helping Flowers Grow: Sunlight, Water and Love
Jian Alaa Muhammad and Jaelah Millah Muhammad
Chapter 19: Emotions
William Myhre
Chapter 20: Crisis to Creativity
Akiya McKnight
Part 4: Parenting Behind and Beyond the Walls: The Revolutionizing Relationships of BCOIP
Sydni Myat Turner
Chapter 21: Behind the Wall
Dawan Alford
Chapter 22: 73 Days
Erika Hardinson
Chapter 23: Moms
Dawan Alford
Chapter 24: Apple Don’t Fall Far
Shatarra King
Chapter 25: Obstacles on Both Sides of the Gate
Kiara W. S. Bynum
Chapter 26: Parenting Your Parents
Jasmine Johnson
Chapter 27: Letter to My Father
Tashawn Reagon
Part 5: The Student and the Teacher: Education Beyond Books
Britany Jenine Gatewood
Chapter 28: What is a bad guy?
Jay Baron
Chapter 29: Intergenerational Achievement: Class of 2025
Whitney Hollins and Arieanna Hollins
Part 6: The Revolution Begins Now: A National Call to Action
Britany Jenine Gatewood
Chapter 30: The Internal Revolution
Anyé Young
Chapter 31: This is Your Permission to be Free
Tonisha Taylor
Chapter 32: Ask the Question: Say Something
Kiara Bynum
Chapter 33: Why My Mom
Quniana Futrell
Chapter 34: Youth of Incarcerated Parents United
Kleo Torres
Chapter 35: Building the Future Us: Youth Ambassadors on a Mission
Jaelah Millah Muhammad and Jian Alaa Muhammad
Chapter 36: A Woman on the Outside
Kristal Bush
Chapter 37: The Invisible Part: See Me, Hear Me
Shameka Green
Conclusion
Bahiyyah Miallah Muhammad, Britany Jenine Gatewood and Sydni Myat Turner
Afterword
Tony Lewis Jr.
