PBS gave us Mister Rogers and Officer Clemmons in the 1960’s. PBS showed the world what love & equality looks like, during a time when people were actually dumping acid into pools where Black kids were swimming...

What would you do if this was your child? The inhumanity and cruelty we’re seeing in Gaza is beyond unacceptable, and history will rightfully denounce the warmongers responsible for these atrocities. Enough with the headlines replacing “mass starvation & genocide” with “famine & conflict”.

Whether you want to learn about famous activists, understand your rights, or learn how to join #peacefulprotests— check out these 📚 about #activism. www.kidlit.tv/2025/06/new-... @harperkids.bsky.social @coilyandcute.bsky.social @staceyabrams.com @quartokids.bsky.social @4nikkolas.bsky.social

Ps: that’s on him and Benjamin… please leave us out of it, thanks… Pps: I realize that the U in USA stands for united, but let me tell you something… Ppps: My name is Bennett… 👀 #DearIran #StopWars

Don’t miss the Intellectual Freedom Awards at ALA Annual w/ @ftrf.bsky.social @ifrt-ala.bsky.social @ischoolui.bsky.social! 6/27, 7:30pm, Philly Marriott Salon E. #ALAAC25 attendees welcome. Keynote by NYT Bestseller @4nikkolas.bsky.social! bit.ly/IFawards2025

THE HISTORY OF WE by @4nikkolas.bsky.social is a recommended read aloud for Grades 2-5 offering inspiring art and an uplifting, validating message about shared pasts and humanity’s connections. #EduSky 🍎 #Kidlit 📚👍 #Libsky

𝐉𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐞. 𝐉𝐨𝐲. 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦. 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐁𝐚𝐦. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧. 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡𝐬. 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚. 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥. 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝟑𝟔𝟓. #𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 #HappyJuneteenth to all who celebrate✊🏾✨ #Juneteenth

I’m always down for a good anti-trump protest 🗣️✨ No Fascists. No Nazis. No ICE. No Racists. No Dictators. No Kings. #NoKings #NoKingsDay

National Geographic !! 🙂🌍🙏🏾📚🎨 I’ve always said 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆 is like a NatGeo documentary. A factual slice of our shared history. I’m glad NatGeo agrees! Thank you all for helping me spread this book to every part of the world. It’s such a critical part of human history… the beginning! 🌍✨

NEW YORK CITY! Join Fred Joseph and me as we discuss our latest books! 📚🗣️✨ See you at Books Are Magic on June 18th! RSVP>> www.eventbrite.com/e/frederick-...

This is a stunning picture book. @4nikkolas.bsky.social I got goosebumps reading it. Incredible piece of work. 📚💙

THE HISTORY OF WE (Kokila/ @penguinkids.bsky.social‬) by @4nikkolas.bsky.social‬ will receive a starred review in the July/August 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/july-a...

thank you for the love @thehornbook.bsky.social !🌍📚🚀✨ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆

The History of We Tour is in the books! 📚🚀 ✨ Thank you everyone in Washington DC, Atlanta, Decatur, Chicago, Houston, Austin, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Berkeley and Oakland for coming out! can’t wait to visit more cities soon. kokilabooks & penguinkids ! #TheHistoryofWe #kidlit #nikkolassmith

Five years… five years since 9 minutes and 29 seconds, ending George Floyd’s life. I often wonder if this country learned anything from this violent murder… compassion became trendy for a spell… for the marginalized… #GeorgeFloyd #Justice4George

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆 is NOW AVAILABLE Nationwide!!!!! My first hand painted picture book is here yall… 🤓🌍🎨✨ And it’s about the origins of humanity. The first ancestors of Every. Person. On. This. Earth. Order your copy today!!>> www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721499... #TheHistoryOfWE #Summer

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆 is NOW AVAILABLE Nationwide!!!!! My first hand painted picture book is here yall… 🤓🌍🎨✨ And it’s about the origins of humanity. The first ancestors of Every. Person. On. This. Earth. Order your copy today!!>> www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721499... #TheHistoryOfWE #Summer

THE HISTORY OF WE is celebrating a #BookBirthday today! From author and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator @4nikkolas.bsky.social comes an awe-inspiring, hand painted picture book about the origin and advancement of humans.

No May Gray here! 'Radiant' fine art print by @4nikkolas.bsky.social is a pure ray of sunshine. ☀️ Available at staticmedium.com

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐄 hits shelves in TWO weeks (05/20) but the 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 begins next Thursday! 5/15‼️🌍📚✨ This is gonna be special. We’ll travel back over 200,000 years to the origins of humanity! 📚🙏🏾👊🏾 w/ gratitude form the Ancestors, -Ɲ𖥣𖢉𖢉𖥕ꛚ𖧥ꕷ

we were raised on these Streets… #PBS4Life 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

🤓🩸Film of the year yall. It’s so good. Honored to contribute concept art early on, and this art piece at the finish line🙏🏾👊🏾🎬 - only in theaters, April 18. Grab those IMAX tix! : Fandan.co/SinnersMovie #Sinners

🤓🩸Film of the year yall. It’s so good. Honored to contribute concept art early on, and this art piece at the finish line🙏🏾👊🏾🎬 - only in theaters, April 18. Grab those IMAX tix! : Fandan.co/SinnersMovie #Sinners

Ironic that I illustrated dreams of unity in “𝑨 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑰𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆” in the same year that dream is under attack…

Boycott anti-equity. Boycott apartheid. (…𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨) Boycott anti-Blackness. Boycott segregation. Boycott any group who hates Jackie Robinson. Boycott the corporations (𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑢𝘯𝑖𝘷𝑒𝘳𝑠𝘪𝑡𝘪𝑒𝘴) that bow to fa𝑠cism. ᏴᎾᎩᏟᎾᎢᎢ ᎡᎪᏟᏆᏚᎷ. 🗣️✨

𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓮. 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓶𝓸𝓾𝓭. 𝓚𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓵. If I have to sketch wrongfully detained human beings under this fa𝘴cist regime every week, then that’s what I will do. So let’s talk about #MahmoudKhalil :

We highly recommend the children's picture book, "That Flag," by Tameka Fryer Brown @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social, illustrated by Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social The book helps young people recognize and critique the Lost Cause narrative. #TeachTruth ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

donald tr-mp has ordered over 100 million hectares of US forest to be cut down (3 times the size of California), in an attempt to stick it to Canada. 😒 .

ICE raided ꭻꭼꭱꮪꭼꭹ ꮶꭼᏼꭺᏼ last week and arrested the owners, Emine Emanet and her husband Celal Emanet. The couple *legally* came from Turkey many years ago, and have been enduring a 9+ year process to citizenship, with multiple green card denials. #ꭻꭼꭱꮪꭼꭹꮶꭼᏼꭺᏼ

It’s been a lonnng ♪ ♫ A long time comin’ ♪♫ But I Know… ♪♫ 𝑨 #𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 ♪ ♫ I cannot believe I’m typing these words but the late, great, legendary Sam Cooke and I have a new picture book coming out in September 😭🤯 ♪ ♫

Reach. Support. Build. Grow. 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑰𝑺𝑻. This is: 𝑻𝙪𝒈 𝒐𝙛 𝙒𝒂𝙧 & 𝙋𝒆𝙖𝒄𝙚 or “𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎” They cannot destroy the world unless we refuse to resist. We must choose to build. (40”x30” acrylic on canvas, now available on 𝚠𝚠𝚠.𝙽𝙸𝙺𝙺𝙾𝙻𝙰𝚂.𝚊𝚛𝚝) #Art #NIKKOLAS #Painting

The woman on the cover? I call her ＭΛＷΛ , or Queen Mother. If you’re reading this, just know that she is your earliest known modern human ancestor. 🙂🌍✨ This. Is. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐄 🌍✨ 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 📚 In stores May 20th www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721499...

The woman on the cover? I call her ＭΛＷΛ , or Queen Mother. If you’re reading this, just know that she is your earliest known modern human ancestor. 🙂🌍✨ This. Is. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐄 🌍✨ 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 📚 In stores May 20th www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721499...

To kick BHM, here’s my talented @4nikkolas.bsky.social introducing his new picture book entirely painted on canvas THE HISTORY OF ME coming out MAY 20th! Get your copy:

🌍📚 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐄 📚🌍 I’m kicking off Black History Month early! Because my TENTH picture book is coming! And it’s MY FIRST ACRYLIC-ON-CANVAS-PAINTED BOOK!!! youtu.be/0PtPRI4nDNc?...

It’s been 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊…in the twilight zone…. 🙄😒where do I begin? (takes deep breath) *️⃣ trump has now banned Tuskegee Airmen lessons from US Air Force training, canceled Black History Month federal agency recognition, ended government DEI initiatives😕

#shelfiesunday featuring #theartivist by Nikkolas Smith, an almost #bannedbook #sixmoremonthsofjune by Daisy Garrison and so many good #readincolor books! #littlefreelibrary #booksforall #littlefreelibraries #littlefreelibrariesofbluesky

𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚊. “I’ve been knocked down before but never like this. Times are tough but I’m not giving up.” -Wᴀʟᴛ Bᴜᴛʟᴇʀ, a community hero and part of Altadena’s historic Black community.

𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐀 💙🌴 Been here 17 years, and I’ve never seen this level of devastation from fires. So many loved ones dealing with so much loss. Help those displaced or affected. 🙏🏾☀️ * California Fire Foundation * World Central Kitchen * LAFD #EatonFire #SunsetFire #PalisadesFire #iLoveLA

🎯🚨 📚📚it’s Pub day!! 📚📚🚨 🎯 #CaptainAmerica : Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You, is now out in the world, and I cannot wait for yall to check out Cap & DJ’s story! 🤓🎯 Huge shoutout to Kwame Mbalia, DisneyBooks MarvelStudios and the entire Marvel fam! #BeAHero 🎯

'Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You', a picture book set in the world of ‘CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD’ releases January 7, 2025! ⭐️🇺🇸, written by @kwamembalia.bsky.social and art by @4nikkolas.bsky.social Pre-order here: amazon.com/Captain-Americ…

🎯🚨 🎯🚨TWO DAYS! 🚨 🎯🚨 🎯 Captain America and little DJ’s hilariously action packed picture book adventure hits shelves nationwide on Tuesday! It’s a lot of fun and a great reminder to all young folks about making the choice to be a hero. 🎯📚 Pre-order asap to get it on Tuesday!( a.co/d/8ZDXfGq)

"We prove the human spirit will prevail. We will take what we have to make what we need". 𝙉𝙞𝙠𝙠𝙞 𝙂𝙞𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞 was an OG Artivist, from the legendary Black Arts Movement. Thankful for the life she lived, pushing for joy and justice. #𝑩𝑨𝑴 ! #NikkiGiovanni #NikkiRosa #GoingToMars

In a shocking turn of events 🙄 A bill has been submitted to 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 the 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 altogether, defunding public schools and special education programs across the country. (thank GOP Senator Mike Rounds, thank trump and project. 2025, thank trump voters, etc.)

It’s a speed-sketch double feature kinda weekend… 1- Dodger Blue(s) 🧢 2-KENDRIIIIIICK!!!!! (Mustard v Kenny)⚠️ Thank you Kendrick… we needed a boost …West is upp 🌴☀️🚀 #pgLang #GNX #SundaySketch