Vashti Harrison

Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History

  • Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History

  • 'Athletes, especially black athletes, must use every resource at their command to right things that are wrong' - Arthur Ashe

    FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, VASHTI HARRISON

    Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're exceptional. They changed the world.

    Did you know that the father of African cinema was originally a bricklayer?
    Or that Vogue's editor-at-large read his first Vogue magazine in his local library?

    Learn all about the exceptional black men who broke barriers and fought injustice to realise their dreams and make the world a better place.

    With Vashti Harrison's beautiful illustrations and illuminating writing, discover the stories of black men from all walks of life, including:

    Doctor Harold Moody
    Diplomat Kofi Annan
    Activist Paul Stephenson
    Architect Sir David Adjaye
    Comic book author Dwayne McDuffie
    Musician Prince

    Your own little leaders will be inspired to take on the world after learning about these incredible men.

Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World
Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World
Vashti Harrison
Sulwe
Sulwe
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Vashti Harrison
Hair Love
Hair Love
  • Matthew Cherry
  • Vashti Harrison
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Vashti Harrison
Dream Big, Little Leader
Dream Big, Little Leader
Vashti Harrison
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Features

Charlie Mackesy among artists creating charity prints to celebrate Penguin’s 85th birthday

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse creator joins Dapo Adeola, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Jackie Morris and Vashti Harrison to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust.
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Inspiration

5 influential black men and women who shaped Britain

Meet five amazing men and women from black history – they were exceptional, they were brave and they changed Britain for the better.
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Video

Vashti Harrison’s most inspiring role models from black history

In February 2017, Vashti Harrison began a mission to illustrate and tell the stories of women from black history as part of a Black History Month challenge. Discover six of the forty amazing women she features in Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History...
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Audio

Audio pick of the month | Little Leaders

Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world's history, Little Leaders is the inspirational true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations. To celebrate it being our Audio Pick of the Month, we spoke to Pippa Bennett-Warner - narrator of the audiobook - about her experience and what it meant to her.
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Why representational role models in books matter | Vashti Harrison

Author of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, Vashti Harrison discusses the importance of profiling diverse heroes, role models, and everyday women in books.
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Inspiration

5 inspirational female role models from black history

Get to know these five extraordinary figures from black history – they were brave, they were bold, they changed the world!

Vashti Harrison earned her MFA in Film/Video from CalArts and BA from the University of Virginia. Her experimental films and documentaries have shown around the world at film festivals. After a brief stint in television as a production coordinator, she is now a freelance graphic designer and a picture-book illustrator. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

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