Liftoff!: How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas's Art Soar, Nina Crews Jam Dong For Colored Girls Who Have

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics is filled with personal stories that bring to life heroic figures we all know and introduce us to some of those who've worked behind the scenes but are still hidden

protecting their village alongside their trusted flying horse Kes

and protecting the weak

When Little Mae was a child

Liftoff!: How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas's Art Soar, Nina Crews Jam Dong For Colored Girls Who HaveThe Apollo astronauts gave people a new way of looking at the worldand so did modern artist Alma Thomas. In 1969, people around the world watched as the Apollo 10 astronauts sent the first ever live color television broadcasts from space. Abstract painter Alma Thomas was among those watching, and afterward, she began a series of bright, bold pieces inspired by the Moon missions and the marvels of space exploration. In a dual narrative that weaves