Lullaby (For a Black Mother) he can't escape the scorn

he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates

"Here's to going to bed completely satisfied

from abolitionist days to the present

Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters

the creator of the Shorty Award-winning hit series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Lullaby (For a Black Mother) he can't escape the scornMy little dark baby, My little earth thing, My little love one, What shall I sing For your lullaby?" With a few simple words as smooth as a song, the poet Langston Hughes celebrates the love between an African American mother and her baby. The award winning illustrator Sean Quallss painted and collaged artwork captures universally powerful maternal moments with tenderness and whimsy. In the end, readers will find a rare photo of baby Hughes and his