Taye Diggs Writes a Children’s Book about Racial Injustice

This combination photo shows cover art for "Why" a children's book written by Taye Diggs and illustrated by Shane W. Evans, left and a portrait of Diggs during the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, on Aug. 6, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Feiwel & Friends via AP)

In a powerful new book for children, a little girl looks at a crowd of street protesters and asks: Why are those people marching? A few pages later, a child asks her family: Why are buildings burning?

“Why?: A Conversation About Race” by actor Taye Diggs with illustrations by Shane W. Evans is an unvarnished look at social activism from the eyes of Black children as they struggle to understand demands for change. It comes out Feb. 1 from Macmillan's Feiwel and Friends imprint.