Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You

By A'ja Wilson

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Self-Help

In Dear Black Girls, basketball player A'ja Wilson writes to young Black girls about being true to themselves, drawing on her own story of growing up in South Carolina. Wilson describes living with dyslexia, experiences of racism, the pressures of playing at the University of South Carolina and in the WNBA, and the support of her family. Each chapter pairs her experiences with advice on confidence, resilience and self-acceptance.

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