It Doesn't Take a Genius Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Our 16th president is known

Our 16th president is known for many things: He delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address

But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance

The language is intimate and immediate

It is a book grounded in the beautiful irony that a community formed legally and conceptually by its oppressors to justify brutal sub-human bondage

It Doesn't Take a Genius Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Our 16th president is knownA hilarious and moving coming of age tale that explores the intersection between self and community and the complexity of Black identity as a boy wonders: if he's not who he's always thought he was, who exactly can he be? "An exceptional novel with broad appeal." Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Emmett and his older brother Luke have always been "Batman and Robin," though they're quick to bicker about who's who. Spending the summer at a historic Black