Nikkolas Smith

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 created a 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 portrait of me at my Legacy Tower! 🤯🥲🙏🏾✨ There’s even a permanent plaque that explains my tower design, a commemoration of the legendary Black architects of the mid 20th century.

♥️🖤💚 Disney BHM is a 10/10
no notes 👊🏾✨

#CelebrateSoulfully #Disneyland #Legacy

Keira and Bianca are best friends at school. Outside of school, they are not allowed to play together.

That Flag is written by the gorgeous @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social and illustrated by the artivist @4nikkolas.bsky.social
#BlackAuthorsMatter #BlackIllustratorsMatter #Healing #BlackHistory #BHM

𝓑𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓸 𝓑𝓸𝔀𝓵 🤯 ♪♫ 🩵❤️ I’m booking a flight back to Puerto Rico asap because wowww…

#BadBunny #superbowl

@4nikkolas.bsky.social

𝓒𝓞𝓡𝓔𝓣𝓣𝓐: 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 🕊️✨
Activist icon and defender of human rights
Carrier of grace, love, and poise under pressure
Founder of the King Center
Champion of the Beloved Community

Coretta Scott King is first in my annual BHM canvas series 🎨✊🏾🗣️✨
4 Sundays in February = 4 Canvas speed paintings…

𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃
𝙵𝚞𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝟷𝟼00 𝙿𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚜𝚢𝚕𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚟𝚎.
𝟻’𝟷𝟷” 𝟹𝟾0 𝚕𝚋, 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚞𝚗𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜.
𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?????

oh now Schulz wants to speak up… ridiculous

THE HISTORY OF WE by Nikkolas Smith congratulatory image for being an American Library Association 2026 Youth Media Award Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor

We are so thrilled for @4nikkolas.bsky.social! THE HISTORY OF WE by Nikkolas Smith has been named a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor!

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆 just received a SIBERT Honor! 🙏🏾🌍📚
𝑾𝒆 contains documented proof that every human being on Earth can be traced back to Middle Paleolithic Era Africa.
It’s a reminder that 𝑾𝒆 are ALL family with shared ancestral roots if you go far back enough.

Alex Pretti was a 37 year old ICU Nurse. Alex was just murdered for filming ICE and protecting his neighbors.

And because he had a legal firearm securely tucked away while shielding them from pepper spray, 2A supporters will say he deserved to die.

He did not.

Abolish. ICE.

#AlexPretti

Kidnapped in Minneapolis.
Used as bait.
5 yr. old #LiamRamos has reportedly been taken to TX detention facility by terrorist group I C E.

I should be drawing my own 5 year old, just for fun… not someone else’s that this administration is using as a pawn in their game of cosplay-confederacy

just told my Mom Happy Birthday 🥳
And that her Baby boy is officially the Concept Artist of an Academy Award-BEST PICTURE-nominated film =)

Here’s a couple of my earliest and most important concept paintings for SINNERS.

Team Coogler for life!

The kids of NYC are so lucky 🙂📚🚌🏙️♪ ♫
Ms Rachel & Mayor Z for story time!! …to go along with a city leader who cares about
rent stability, functioning public transportation, and universal childcare…
The people* of NYC are so lucky 😭🍎🗽
Genuinely happy for yall…

🙏🏾🙏🏾thank you

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Cover of The History of We by Nikkolas Smith

For Day 7 of my PB reading challenge I travelled back in time thanks to THE HISTORY OF WE by @4nikkolas.bsky.social! This lyrical PB takes us back to the origins of humanity in Africa & celebrates the brilliance of our shared ancestors. The artwork is absolutely breathtaking!
#StoryStudy #KidLit

🎙 Au sommaire du Cochaux show aussi:

✍️ Catherine Dubois s’est intéressée à l’album L’Artiviste Nikkolas Smith publié aux Éditions Scholastic.

⚰️ Venise Landry commente le recueil de nouvelles Aux absents les os de Diane Gravel par Éditions Sémaphore.

Educational Justice: A Nikkolas Smith Interview About The History of We A behind-the-scenes glimpse at humanity's very beginnings in a picture book form! I talk with Nikkolas Smith about the incredible The History of We.

A behind-the-scenes glimpse at humanity's very beginnings in a picture book form! I talk with Nikkolas Smith about the incredible The History of We.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, US citizen, was murdered by a Domestic terrorist today. The terrorist group goes by “ICE”.
Kristi Noem and her fascist army must be held accountable.

#JusticeForReneeNicoleGood
#Minneapolis

unacceptable.

Can anybody explain why we’re at war with Venezuela right now? 🤔🧐
Actually, I’d like to solve the puzzle…

𝐖𝚎𝓁𝒸𝐨𝒎𝕖 𝒕𝗼 𝟸0𝟸𝟼 🫣
We’re off to a… start….
nowhere to go but up…

˥IO :ɹǝʍsu∀

#StopWars #Venezuela

Family… this is my last, and final Sunday Sketch……

…of the year…

…so let’s start a list of things that need to be Redacted in 2026… I’ll go first…

see yall next week ;) 🚀✨

𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒔 🎨✨
#KennedyCenterHonors
#CleanSlate #FreshStart

🎁Soo what do yall want for Christmas? 👀
I want all the criminals in the White House brought to justice……..for example,

𝑻his newly
𝑹eleased
𝑼nredacted
𝑴ix of
e𝑷s̷t█ files….

Let me know yours in the comments,
𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒽ℴ𝓁𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈🎄✨

████ ██ #𝚁𝙴𝙳𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝙳 ██ ██
𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 █████ ██ 𝚒𝚝 ███𝚒𝚜 ██ █ ██𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 ███ ██𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 ██ 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 ██████ ██𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 ███████ ██ ███████ ██𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚝. ███ ██𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝙶𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 🇺🇸

ᵀʰᵉ ᵁⁿᶦᵗᵉᵈ ˢᵗᵃᵗᵉˢ ᴰᵉᶜˡᵃʳᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵒᶠ ᴵⁿᵈᵉᵖᵉⁿᵈᵉⁿᶜᵉ, ᴶᵘˡʸ ⁴ ¹⁷⁷⁶
#SelfEvident #SundaySketch

a man with his hand on his chin looks surprised ALT: a man with his hand on his chin looks surprised

My 5 yr old: “What happens if we go below this galaxy?”

Me: “We’ll probably find another galaxy.”

My 5 yr old: “What happens if we go above this galaxy?”

Me: “We’ll probably find another galaxy.”

My 5 yr old: “I think we’re in a book……”

Me:

An annual reminder that more guns and more bombs were never the solution…
It was always 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆.

Fanfare 2025 Booklist Our choices for the best books of the year.

THE HISTORY OF WE by @4nikkolas.bsky.social (Kokila/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #Nonfiction #HBFanfare sbee.link/ntvkpf96wa

🥲I just wanted to make a book about the origins of humanity…
Beyond grateful that 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆 has resonated with so many 🙏🏾Thank you Thank you to all who have come along on this Middle Paleolithic Era journey…
🚀Best Books of 2025!
📚🌍✨

#EducationalJustice #KidLit #BestBooks2025

…and how typical that White House twitter was talking “remigration” on Thanksgiving day…
Baby Wambli and his people would like to have a word…

#BabyWambli #HoChunk