Celebratory, triumphant, and inspiring, In the Spirit of a Dream is
a tribute to American immigrants of color, written in poems and
illustrated by 13 first- and second-generation immigrant artists.
In the spirit of a dream, many immigrants of color set out across
continents, oceans, and borders, travelling to the United States in
pursuit of opportunity. This book is a celebration of 13 American
immigrants of color, from world-famous to local heroes,
politicians, surgeons, athletes, activists and more. The
biographies include engineer and astronaut Anousheh Ansari;
Paralympic athlete and entrepreneur Alejandro Albor; surgeon Ayub
Khan Ommaya; jazz musician Candido Camero; dancer Conceicao
Damasceno; Sriracha inventor and businessman David Tran; basketball
player Dikembe Mutombo; author Edwidge Danticat; politician Ilhan
Omar; comic artist Jim Lee; environmental activist Juana Guttierez;
cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the Undocupoets, a group of undocumented
poets. These stories are told in poems by Aida Salazar and artwork
by Alina Chau, Bianca Diaz, Dion MBD, Fahmida Azim, Gaby
D'Alessandro, Jose Ramirez, Ken Daley, Nicole Xu, Paulo D. Campos,
Rahele Jomepour Bell, Tracy Guiteau, Vanessa Flores, and Yasmin
Imamura.
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