A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African American Elders Speak

by Howard Bingham (Photographer), Camille Cosby (Editor), Rene Poussaint (Editor)

Highlighted by stunning portraits by photographer Howard Bingham, a collection of reminscences, personal anecdotes, and words of wisdom from fifty-four African-American leaders over the age of seventy includes Ossie Davis, David Dinkins, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Maya Angelou, Gordon Parks, Katherine Dunahm, Ruby Dee, and Ray Charles. 125,000 first printing.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 27, 2004

Reviews

[Karah · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you need wisdom or guidance, read this book. I believe the elders in this book wanted their words to reach young blacks but anyone could benefit from this advice.

I include some jewels to compel you to read this book:

"Do the best you can with what you've got; be yourself." ~Carmen de Lavallade, dancer, actor, choreographer

"My life got filled with the possibilities, and filled with the challenges to make those possibilities become real." ~Ruby Dee, actress, civil rights activist, writer

"When I decide that I was going to work with the problems of black women, I wanted to make people see them as beautiful, dignified, strong people, instead of, as Ralph Ellison says, invisible." ~Elizabeth Catlett, artist, educator


Thank you to the editors and the elders.