Month

Virtue

Person

Book

Author

September

Celebration, Reflection, and Committment

Angela Davis

The Talking Cloth

Rhonda Mitchell

October

Umoja-Unity

Bobby Champion

A Sweet Smell of Roses

Angela Johnson

November

Kujichagulia-Self-Determination

Robert Jones

Yesterday I Had the Blues

Jeron Frame

December

Kwanzaa

Dr. Machmoud El-Kati

January

Ujima-Collective Work and Responsibility

Sharon Sayles-Belton

This is the Dream

Diane Shore and Jessica Alexander

February

Ujamaa-Cooperative Economics

Archie Givens

What Does Peace Feel Like?

V. Radunsky

March

Nia-Purpose

Dr. Betty Jo Webb

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

April

Kuumba-Creativity

Pam Alexander

Cherries and Cherry Pits

Vera B. Williams

May

Imani-Faith

Gary Cunningham

The Honest to Goodness Truth

Patricia McKissack