In her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined Race in America through her experience as a White House reporter.
Features interviews with: Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin
John Lewis, congressman
Hillary Clinton, former First Lady, Secretary of State, Presidential candidate
Cindy Williams, actress known for role of Shirley on Laverne & Shirley
Cory Booker, United States senator
Christopher Darden, OJ Simpson prosecutor
Michael Cole, actor best known for role of Pete on The Mod Squad
Valerie Jarrett, presidential advisor
Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy
Iyanla Vansant, author, life coach and television personality
Harry Belafonte, singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist
President Barack Obama; and President Jimmy Carter..
At a time when Americans still struggle to address racial division and prejudice, their stories remind us that attitudes change from one generation to the next and one child at a time.
To better understand how Mothers transfer to their children wisdom on Race and Race relations, she reached out to other mothers--prominent political leaders like Hillary Clinton and Valerie Jarrett, celebrities like Cindy Williams, and others like Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin\'s mother, whose lives have been impacted by prominent Race related events.
As a single African American mother in Baltimore, Ryan has struggled with each gut wrenching, Race related news story to find the words to convey the right lessons to her daughters.
At Mama\'s Knee looks at Race and Race relations through the lessons that Mothers transmit to their children.
In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every home in America.
In her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined Race in America through her experience as a White House reporter