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Inspiration is a celebration of thirty extraordinary black women who are changing our world. These women are trailblazers in their fields: from the White House to the courts of Wimbledon, and from Hollywood to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, each of these women has influenced the social, cultural, and political landscape of this country and the world. Their unique voices, images, and stories have helped shape the psyche of today's generation and have ushered in a new era of sophisticated, successful black women. Beautiful color photography accompanies essays in which each woman speaks about her life's work, passions, hopes for the future, family, and personal inspirations.

Marian Wright Edelman shares her painful knowledge about the cradle-to-prison pipeline that plagues young black people in this country, and Susan L. Taylor tells of the beautiful black women she saw on college campuses in the sixties and seventies, who had never heard anyone call them pretty before. Mary J. Blige explains that she needed to learn to get out of her own way before life really started opening up for her, and Raven-Symoné speaks about the importance of setting goals in every aspect of your life.

The life lessons these celebrated women reveal in Inspiration resonate with people of all ages and backgrounds, regardless of race or gender.

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