Believing that the extraordinary is often born out of the ordinary, in sharing the journeys of these twelve women – who represent hundreds of thousands of African American women whose stories go untold – author Stephana Colbert knows that if we do not set pen to paper and create a narrative around their stories, these women and their stories will vanish from our histories. Were it not for the book, Hidden Figures, the people of this country and the world would never have known about the contributions that African American women – Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and many others – made to NASA back in the 60s. Similarly, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks introduced us to Henrietta Lacks and the fact that without her knowledge her cells were and are still used today to fight cancer. Colbert is on a mission to make sure that the stories of African American women are heard, and much like the first book (Ordinary Extraordinary African American Women: The Elders), this second book features the life-stories of women who have experienced heartache and pain, joy, and sorrow; they fell and struggled, but were courageous, strong, and persevered despite their conditions or predicaments. The book is available at Amazon and the Jewell Jordan Publishing website: www.jewelljordanpublishing.com