In Flamboyants, George M. Johnson celebrates
writers, performers, and activists from 1920s Black America whose sexualities
have been obscured throughout history. Through 14 essays, Johnson reveals how
American culture has been shaped by icons who are both Black and Queer – and
whose stories deserve to be celebrated in their entirety.
Interspersed with personal narrative, powerful poetry, and illustrations by
award-winning illustrator Charly Palmer, Flamboyants looks to
the past for understanding as to how Black and Queer culture has defined the
present and will continue to impact the future. With candid prose and an
unflinching lens towards truth and hope, George M. Johnson brings young adult
readers an inspiring collection of biographies that will encourage teens today
to be unabashed in their layered identities.
Johnson, George M. (2024). Flamboyants. New York: Farrar Strauss.
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