Yohuru Williams is the distinguished university chair and professor of history and founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. The former chief historian of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, he appeared in Ken Burns's Jackie Robinson and with Michael G. Long coauthored More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, and Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter. He is the author of numerous books, including Teaching Beyond the Textbook.
Michael G. Long has a PhD from Emory University and is the author or editor of numerous books on nonviolent protest, civil rights, LGBTQ+ rights, politics, and religion. With Yohuru Williams he coauthored
More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, and
Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter. His other acclaimed books include
Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington and
Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington. He also served as an expert historian for Ken Burns's documentary
Jackie Robinson. He lives in Pennsylvania with his family.
Xia Gordon graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in cartooning and illustration. She is the illustrator of
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks by Alice Faye Duncan and
Let Us March On! by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long and has worked with clients such as
The New York Times,
BuzzFeed,
Lenny Letter, and
Narratively. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at XiaGordon.com.
