We Can't Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival

This book celebrates black history and culture in America with insightful essays by critically acclaimed writer Jabari Asim. Here, Asim challenges the “Master Narrative” and offers a story of black survival and persistence through art and community. He explores topics like the legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life, the importance of black fathers and community, the significance of black writers and stories, and the beauty and pain of the black body. These thought-provoking essays present a different side of American history, free from oppression and revealing black voices telling their own stories.