Kids' Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African American Tradition

We all know the old sayings we hear from our parents and grandparents, but we never stop to think about where they came from or who said them first. This is a collection of those wise words and more. There's information about the origin of the sayings, as well as the chance to check out the virtues that were probably the reason the sayings keep getting passed down from generation to generation.