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he Black Business Association along with our publishing component The Black Business News Group offers this Shopping Gallery to our members, friends and supporters as a reminder, a convenience and, hopefully, a facilitation tool. Earl “Skip” Cooper, II This year we are Pubisher/Editor-In-Chief showcasing all of the books featured in the Books to Consider… column for 2019 in a separate Gallery publication (www. issuu.com/blackbusinessnews Search: Shopping Gallery).
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conomic exchange - the flow of money from the pockets of individuals and corporate entities to the coffers of the retailers - is the green blood of success - not a problem, not a complaint. Our intent, via the Shopping Gallery publications, is to offer our retail community another marketing tool for reaching the broadest buying community possible. In today's market it is difficult for even the most successful small and very small retailer to reach a worldwide audience and to sustain that outreach while maintaining control over the marketing budget and effort. Our position, as an agency that advocates for the success and protection of blackowned businesses and black entrepreneurship, is that we aid you in reaching the worldwide market effectively and, most especially, cost effectively. The Shopping Gallery is one of our tools.
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e must employ US Black Dollar Buying Power ($1.3+ trillion) and African Diaspora Buying Power (100 million+ people of African descent living around the world outside of Africa) in our businesses and communities to empower our quest for sustainable economic development.
Each one of us has to harness our little bit of that economic power and direct the force for full effect on our local communities. Buy products and services from your local artists and crafts community, your restaurant owners and caterers, your toy makers, your clothing designers, your travel agents, your hotel owners, your book stores, your cultural entrepreneurs and on and on. Remember back when your aunts, uncles or
Buy Black! Bank Black! grandparents would open a savings account in your name to get you started on saving for the future. Open bank accounits in local Blackowned banks in the names of your young relatives this holiday season. No Black Bank in your neighborhood - bank via the Internet. That's what technology is for. We now have the means to focus our little bit of economic prowess locally, nationally and internationally. Most of the black-owned retail companies promote their products and services somewhere online. Check the Shopping Gallery display ads for email and website addresses.
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he Shopping Gallery publication does not yet even scratch the surface of what our business owners, entrepreneurs and creatives have to offer. You may have to do a little research, talk to your friends, find a local black business directory or search using Google Maps and Facebook, etal. Do whatever you have to do to support your local black businesses and entrepreneurs. This buying system only has real value if everyone in
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the economic circle participates appropriately. That means that the business owners and entrepreneurs must also Shop Black and Hire Black. Some of the profits from the season should be placed with your local or regional Black Bank, to hire and train people from your community to work in your business, to retain a Black-owned legal service, use a Black-owned accounting service, support local community service programs and more. As US Senator Corey Booker often says "We all do better when we all do better."
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hroughout our publications we place the reminder for all of us to "Buy Black, Invest Black, Educate Black, and Bank Black." Our reminders are not intended to be anti-any other community and are not part of a reactionary movement. They are very positive affirmations about Black love, Black support, Black conciousness and reminders that we can and should take responsibility for our economic well-being.”
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hether you shop at Nieman-Marcus or Wal-Mart, Amazon or Ebay start your buying process here - The Shopping Gallery. We have a present and future to build. We can build wisely if we learn from our past and work together for our futures. And, we can share a little joy in the process. Happy shopping to all of our friends, supporters and members from the Black Business News Group. www.bbala.org www.issuu.com/blackbusinessnews Search: Shopping Gallery
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Publisher's Message
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Books for Young People
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Novels Novels Novels
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The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas
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ixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national
headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does—or does not— say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life. www.amazon.com/Hate-U-Give-AngieThomas/dp/0062498533
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ur Deluxe Boxed-Set Edition is a great gift! We’ve gone the extra mile to provide an embossed UV package with a magnetic hinged lid and a black satin puller ribbon. Inside you will find a Hardback version of “Hey A.J. It’s Bedtime” with a midnight blue glitter cloth and glossy blue foil blocking with debossing. With everything perfectly sealed in a dust jacket that has gloss lamination and aqueous varnishing, this is the perfect gift for any occasion – whether it’s bedtime or party time! www.theimaginationagency.com/ shop-categories/books/hey-aj-itsbedtime/#
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his is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another—from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo. This is the perfect gift for mothers and daughters, baby showers, and graduation. We are all here for a purpose. We are more than enough. We just need to believe it. www.amazon.com/I-Am-Enough-Grace-Byers/ dp/0062667122 www.amazon.com/I-Am-Enough-Grace-Byers/ dp/0062667122
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eaturing forty trailblazing black women in American history, Little Leaders educates and inspires as it relates true stories of breaking boundaries and achieving beyond expectations. Illuminating text paired with irresistible illustrations bring to life both iconic and lesser-known female figures of Black history such as abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash. Among these biographies, readers will find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them. The leaders in this book may be little, but they all did something big and amazing, inspiring generations to come. www.amazon.com/dp/B072V4QDCF/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 10 2019 Black Business News Shopping Gallery - Books 1-323-291-7819
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Whatever Happened to the Boy Who Played Basketball All Night? This book depicts how a young boy goes from being sad and lonely to becoming one of the most influential leaders we have ever known, the 44th President of the United States of America! Equipped with a basketball, his favorite
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sneakers and k d a will ill to t succeed, d this thi young boy uses his favorite sport to make healthy decisions related to fitness, friendships and education. The boy of this book finds fun, mentoring and healthy friendships through playing basketball. The book contains 36 pages filled with beautiful and vibrant images illustrated by Venezuelan artist Manuel Nieto. Author, educator and sociologist, Jim Blissitt III created this book to serve as a source of inspiration for children dealing with absent parents and isolation www.basketballallnight.com
Hearing the call of her ancestors, ten-yearold Ahmyah embarks on a voyage of self-discovery as she reconnectss with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and a host of cousins and other family and friends from halfway around the world, in Ghana, West Africa. As Ahmyah travels and explores, she learns about her heritage and is filled with love from her family while finding joy in this new adventure. www.thesankofajourney.com/book/
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Books for Young People
Richard and the Boyz: The Puberty Experience by Nadine Pierre-Louis, Jason Andre Caffey
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s it "Time for 'THE TALK' with your son? It doesn't have to be awkward! Use this entertaining and engaging story to get all
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the important points across. Allow Preeb, age 9, and Pube, age 12, to make it much easier for you. Follow along with their experiences while they ask the difficult questions. The questions boys don't want to ask but want answered. Young men will relate to the contemporary
On The Come Up By Angie Thomas
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ixteen-yearold Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers
jargon and realistic questions and answers in this book. Having the "talk" about puberty can be quite awkward and stressful. When it comes to boys, many fathers can't draw from experience on how to have this conversation because they never got "the talk" themselves. More and more mothers are in a position where they need to give "the talk" but sons are too uncomfortable hearing it from Mom. Richard and the Boyz: Puberty Experience does much of the work for you. As you discuss Preeb and Pube's experiences, you and your child can talk freely without having to make it uncomfortably personal. Richard and the Boyz: The Puberty Experience incorporates humor and is written from the perspective of boys talking to each other. Dr. David Richard serves as the arbiter and provider of correct information. He debunks the myths and separates fact from fiction. While using slang to draw young boys in, he easily includes anatomically correct terms. This book tackles all the common questions facing young men about puberty and their changing bodies.trage, transform the conversation, and inspire debate. www.amazon.com/Richard-Boyz-Experience-NadinePierre-Louis/dp/1733027211/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Jason+ Caffey&qid=1569614409&sr=8-1
of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her Angie Thomas theradicalnotion.com
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Books for Young People
The Wizenard Series: Training Camp by Wesley King (Author), Kobe Bryant (Creator) From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award–winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes this radically original portrait of five young basketball players, one enlightening coach, and the awesome transformative power of the game. Filled with insights about the mental stamina and emotional clarity that peak performance requires, this is an indispensable story for young athletes, coaches, educators, and anyone interested in the astonishing potential of team sports to unlock individual growth.
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team in their league, and they live in the poorest neighborhood in Dren. Nobody expects them to succeed at anything. Plus, every kid on the team has secret struggles of his own. When a new coach named P r o f e s s o r Wizenard arrives on the first day of training camp, the Badgers can’t explain the magical-seeming things they see and hear. Every player experiences unique and strange visions―visions that challenge everything they thought they knew about basketball, and about their lives and their secrets off the court. To survive the increasingly intense ordeals of training, the Badgers will need to take unimaginable risks, learn to trust their teammates, and confront the darkness within themselves. www.amazon.com/Wizenard-Training-Camp-Wesley-King/ dp/1949520013/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=%22The+Wizena rd+Series%3A+Training+Camp.%22&qid=1554924365&s=gatewa y&sr=8-1-fkmrnull
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job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral…for all the wrong reasons. Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn’t just want to make it—she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be.
Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speech isn’t always free. www.amazon.com/Come-Up-Angie-Thomas/ dp/0062498568
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Books for Young People
"Raised Up By Mrs. Manly & Her L's" By Sandra J. Evers-Manly and Wendell Wiggins
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rs. Doris Manly raised her children by one letter - the letter "L." "Raised Up by Mrs. Manly and Her L's" is a non-fiction, inspirational title where Sandra EversManly, the author, draws on the rich exchange between Mama Doris Manly and her children and the examples of love and life Mrs. Manly
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Kayla & Kyle The Walking Dictionaries: Election Day (Vol. Book 1) By Nicholas Buamah
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wins, Kayla and Kyle are competing against each other to become their schools next class president. Before their friends can cast their votes, they must first have a class debate to show that they are worthy contestants. Find out
used as a foundation to raise them. Not only did she teach her children using a diversity of words that began with the letter "L," but Sandra Evers-Manly she shared northropgrumman.com that same practice with everyone she touched throughout her life; the importance of lifting others up and not tearing them down, being a leader, living life to the fullest, leaving a legacy and most importantly, finding time to laugh. The book is illustrated by artist Wendell Wiggins thru images that make the L's come to life on the page. Mrs. Manly's L's is a simple telling of well worn, proven and timeless examples of family, Motherly impact, selfconfidence and a guide to daily living and caring for your fellow man. It shines a light on long lost traditions of basic kindness, community building and love.
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who will win the election and also o learn new w advanced words along the way. Nicholas B u a m a h is a typical s e c o n d grader who o loves playing c h e s s , tennis, and basketball. However, when he’s not playing sports or cheering for his favorite team, The Golden State Warriors, he’s busy autographing and selling his book. The 7-year-old Georgia native is the author of Kayla & Kyle The Walking Dictionaries: Election Day, an animated book that helps elementary-aged school children build their vocabularies. In addition to being sold at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon, the book has
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Books for Young People
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.
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motionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love—finding beauty and possibility in life— and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition.
been added to the Library of Congress catalog. The book is just the first edition in The Walking Dictionaries series. Volume 2 is scheduled to be released in Summer 2019. Ultimately, the young author wants to have his book available in every elementary school library in the country. He also aspires to one day attend the Massachusetts’s Institute of Technology (MIT) and become a mechanical engineer.
Perry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools. With original art for the cover by Ekua Holmes, Imani Perry Breathe offers a broader full-stop.net meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience. www.amazon.com/Breathe-Letter-Sons-Imani-Perry/ dp/0807076554
Shop With Your Local Black-owned Book Store. See the listing that begins on Page 76 to start your search.
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An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
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et on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, An Orchestra of Minorities tells the story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer whose soul is ignited when he sees a woman attempting to jump from a highway bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, Chinonso joins her on the roadside and hurls two of his prized chickens into the water below to express the severity of such a fall. The woman, Ndali, is stopped her in her tracks. Bonded by this night on the bridge, Chinonso and Ndali fall in love. But Ndali is from a wealthy family and struggles to
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imagine a future near a chicken coop. When her family objects to the union because he is uneducated, Chinonso sells most of his possessions to attend a college in Cyprus. But when he arrives he discovers there is no place at the school for him, and that he has been utterly duped Chigozie Obioma by the young Nigerian igbopeople.blogspot.com who has made the arrangements.. Penniless, homeless, and furious at a world which continues to relegate him to the sidelines, Chinonso gets further away from his dream, from Ndali and the farm he called home. Spanning continents, traversing the earth and cosmic spaces, and told by a narrator who has lived for hundreds of years, the novel is a contemporary twist of Homer's Odyssey. Written in the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about destiny and determination. www.amazon.com/Orchestra-MinoritiesChigozie-Obioma/dp/0316412392
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he Children of Wasafa: A Message to Gang Bangers, addresses the problem of gang violence in the African American community by using historical facts, archaeology and fiction to illustrate commonality. That is, who we think is our enemy or inconsequential to us, may be our relative. An embellished Chokwe symbol created by an Angolan man named Wasafa during the 17th Century reunites his diasporic descendants who happen to be members of rival street gangs in the year 2010 on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York. https://www.amazon.com/Children-Wasafa-MessageGang-Bangers/dp/149123668X?fbclid=IwAR3hjTQg IT0-sD1EczCNquH4U9rLDE96pf_GzGChnx4A8fzK3u_ L85jugpc
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The Water Dancer: A Novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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oung Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her—but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells from the ll in i the th wilderness, ild f th coffin of the Deep
South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North. Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children—the violent and capricious separation of families—and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Ta-Nehisi Coates Written by one of woodylewis.com today’s most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. www.amazon.com/Water-Dancer-Novel-Ta-NehisiCoates/dp/0399590595/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+ Water+Dancer&qid=1568705759&s=books&sr=1-1
American Spy: A Novel by Lauren Wilkinson It’s 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She’s brilliant, but she’s also a young black woman working in an old boys’ club. Her career has stalled out, she’s overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she’s given the opportunity to join a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic revolutionary president of Burkina Faso whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention, she says yes. Yes, even though she secretly admires the work Sankara is doing for his country. Yes, even though she is still grieving the mysterious death of her sister,
whose example led Marie to this career path in the first place. Yes, even though a furious part of her suspects she’s being offered the job because of her appearance and not her talent. In the year that follows, Marie will observe Sankara, seduce him, and ultimately have a hand in the coup that will bring him down. But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, a sister, and a good American.
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Red at the Bone: A Novel by Jacqueline Woodson
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oving forward and backward in time, Jacqueline Woodson's taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child. As the book opens in 2001, it is the evening of sixteenyear-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custommade dress. But the event is not without poignancy. Sixteen years earlier, that very dress was measured and
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sewn for a different wearer: Melody's mother, for her own ceremony-- a celebration that ultimately never took place. Unfurling the history of Melody's parents and grandparents to show how they all arrived at this moment, Woodson considers not just their ambitions and successes but also the costs, the tolls they've paid for striving to overcome expectations and escape the pull of history. As it explores sexual desire and identity, ambition, gentrification, education, class and status, and the lifealtering facts of parenthood, Red at the Bone most strikingly looks at the ways in which young people must so often make long-lasting decisions about their lives-even before they have begun to figure out who they are and what they want to be. www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525535276/ref=dbs_a_def_ rwt_bibl_vppi_i0Obioma/dp/0316412392
Inspired by true events— Thomas Sankara is known as “Africa’s Che Guevara”— American Spy knits together a gripping spy thriller, a heartbreaking family drama, and a passionate romance. This is a face of the Cold War you’ve never seen before, and it introduces a powerful new literary voice. www.amazon.com/AmericanSpy-Novel-Lauren-Wilkinson/ dp/0812998952 19 2019 Black Business News Shopping Gallery - Books 1-323-291-7819
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The Nickel Boys: A Novel By Colson Whitehead This novel is a bravura follow-up to the Colson Whiteheads's Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad.
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s the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose mission statement says it provides "physical, intellectual and moral training" so the delinquent boys in their charge can become "honorable and honest men."
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hana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into
In reality, the Nickel Academy is a grotesque chamber of horrors where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold onto Dr. King's ringing assertion "Throw us in jail and we will still love you." His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Formed in the crucible of the evils Jim Crow wrought, the boys' fates will be determined by what they endured at the Nickel Academy. Based on the real story of a reform school in Florida that operated for one hundred and eleven years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers. www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385537077/ref=dbs_a_def_ rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
slavery. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed— and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation. www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101971061/ref=as_li_ tl?ie=UTF8&tag=afarmedia-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkC ode=as2&creativeASIN=1101971061&linkId=830ffd183faf674964 2539240126060c
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The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
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n these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America: Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico. The slave of a Spanish conquistador, Estebanico sails for the Americas with his master, Dorantes, as part of a dangerLaila Lalami laden expedition to Florida. Within a year, Estebanico is one of only four crew members to survive. As he journeys across America with his Spanish companions, the Old World roles of slave and master fall away, and Estebanico remakes himself as an
The Kindness of Enemies: A Novel by Leila Aboulela
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rom the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Leila Aboulela, The Kindness of Enemies is a powerful historical journey across time and continents and a riveting epic of love, betrayal, and war. It’s 2010 and Natasha, a half-Russian, halfSudanese professor of history, is researching the life of Imam Shamil,
equal, a healer, and a remarkable storyteller. His tale illuminates the ways in which our narratives can transmigrate into history— and how storytelling can offer a chance at redemption and survival. www.amazon.com/gp/ product/0804170622/ ref=as_li_ tl?ie=UTF8&tag=afarmedia20&camp=1789&creative=9 325&linkCode=as2&creative ASIN=0804170622&linkId=a d0078f55d372909a71fe8e0895539c3
the nineteenth century Muslim leader who led the anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasian War. When Natasha discovers her star student, Osama (Oz), is not only descended from the warrior but also possesses Shamil’s legendary sword, the Imam’s story comes vividly to life. But when Oz is suddenly arrested at his home one morning, Natasha realizes that everything she values stands in jeopardy. Told with Aboulela’s inimitable elegance, The Kindness of Enemies is both an engrossing story of a provocative period in history and an important examination of what it is to be a Muslim in a post-9/11 world. www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802126243/ref=as_li_ tl?ie=UTF8&tag=afarmedia-20&camp=1789&creative=9325 &linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0802126243&linkId=28797e d58fb909e7ef2b9c800cc1da84
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We Return Fighting: World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity by Kinshasha Holman Conwill (Editor)
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his stunning book presents artifacts, medals, and photographs alongside powerful essays that together highlight the efforts of African Americans during World War I. As in many previous wars, black soldiers served the United States during the war, but they were assigned to segregated units and often relegated to labor and support duties rather than direct combat. Indeed this was the central paradox of the war: these men and women fought abroad to secure rights they did not yet have at home in the States. Black veterans' work during the conflict--and the respect they received from French allies but not their own US military--empowered them to return home and continue the fight for those rights. The book also presents the work of black citizens on the home front. Together their
A Haven and a Hell: The Ghetto in Black America by Lance Freeman
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he black ghetto is thought of as a place of urban decay and social disarray. Like the historical ghetto of Venice, it is perceived as a space of confinement, one imposed on black America by whites. It is the home of a marginalized underclass and a sign of the depth of American segregation. Yet while black urban neighborhoods have suffered from institutional racism and economic neglect, they have also been places of refuge and community. In A Haven and a Hell, Lance Freeman examines how the ghetto shaped
efforts laid the groundwork for later advances in the civil rights movement. We Return Fighting r e m i n d s readers not only of the central role of African American soldiers in the war that first made their country a world power. It also reveals the way the conflict shaped African American identity and lent fuel to their longstanding efforts to demand full civil rights and to stake their place in the country's cultural and political landscape. www.amazon.com/We-Return-Fighting-ShapingIdentity/dp/1588346722
black America and black America shaped the ghetto. Freeman traces the evolving role of predominantly black neighborhoods in northern cities from the late nineteenth century through the present day. At times, the ghetto promised the freedom to build black social institutions and political power. At others, it suppressed and further stigmatized African Americans. Freeman reveals Lance Freeman the forces that caused the ghetto’s role as haven or hell to wax and wane, spanning the Great Migration, midcentury opportunities, the eruptions of the sixties, the challenges of the seventies and eighties, and presentday issues of mass incarceration, the subprime crisis, and gentrification. Offering timely planning and policy recommendations based in this history, A Haven and a Hell provides a powerful new understanding of urban black communities at a time when the future of many inner-city neighborhoods appears uncertain. www.amazon.com/Haven-Hell-Ghetto-Black-America/ dp/0231184603
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know By Malcolm Gladwell
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ow did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that Malcolm Gladwell isn't true? Business Insider Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual
adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland - throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his number one best seller, David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times. www.amazon.com/Talking-Strangers-Should-About-People/ dp/B07NJCG1XS/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=77653119867375&h vbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=talking+with+stra ngers+malcolm+gladwell&qid=1569441192&sr=8-1
Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johnny Pitts
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fropean is an on-the-ground documentary of areas where Europeans of African descent are juggling their multiple allegiances and forging new identities. Here is an alternative map of the continent, taking the reader to places like Cova Da Moura, the Cape Verdean shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon with its own underground economy, and Rinkeby, the area of Stockholm that is 80% Muslim. Johny Pitts visits the former Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where West African students are still making the most of Cold War ties with the USSR, and Clichy Sous Bois in Paris, which gave birth to the 2005 riots, all the while presenting Afropeans as lead actors in their own story. www.amazon.com/Afropean-Documenting-Europe-JohnyPitts/dp/0141984724
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Defending Frenemies: Alliances, Politics, and Nuclear Nonproliferation in US Foreign Policy by Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, Ph.D.
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he United States maintains defense ties with as many as 60 countries, which not only enables its armed forces to maintain command globally and to project its force widely, but also enables its government to exert leverage over allies' foreign policies and military strategies. In Defending Frenemies, Jeffrey W. Taliaferro presents a historical and comparative analysis Jeffrey W. Taliaferro Amaon.co.uk of how successive US presidential administrations have employed inducements and coercive diplomacy toward Israel, Pakistan, South Korea, and Taiwan over nuclear proliferation.
The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery By Rochelle Riley
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he Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery is a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose unpaid labor built this land, but have had to spend the last century and a half carrying the dual burden of fighting racial injustice and rising above the lowered expectations and hateful bigotry that attempt to keep them shackled to that past. The Burden, edited by award-winning Detroit newspaper columnist Rochelle Riley, is a powerful collection of essays that create a chorus of evidence
Taliaferro shows that the ultimate goals in each administration, from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush, have been to contain the Soviet Union's influence in the Middle East and South Asia and to enlist China as an ally of convenience against the Soviets in East Asia. Policymakers' inclinations to pursue either accommodative strategies or coercive nonproliferation strategies toward allies have therefore been directly linked to these primary objectives. Defending Frenemies is sharp examination of how regional power dynamics and US domestic politics have shaped the nonproliferation strategies the US has pursued toward vulnerable and often obstreperous allies. Jeffrey W. Taliaferro is an associate professor of political science at Tufts University. His research and teaching focus on security studies, international relations theory, international history and politics, US foreign policy, intelligence, and national security. https://global.oup.com/academic/ product/defending-frenemies9780190939311?cc=us&lang=en&
hthat the burden is real. As Nikole Hannahe Jones states in the book’s foreword, "despite the m fact that black Americans remain at the bottom of every indicator of well-being in this country—from wealth, to poverty, to health, to infant mortality, to graduation rates, to incarceration—we want to pretend that this current reality has nothing to do with the racial caste system that was legally enforced for most of the time the United States of America has existed." The Burden expresses the voices of other well-
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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For by Susan Rice
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other, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Susan Rice powerfully connects the personal and the professional. Taught early, with tough love, how to compete and excel as an African American woman in settings where people of color are few, Susan now shares the wisdom she learned along the way. Laying bare the family struggles that shaped her early life lif in Washington, D DC, she also examines the ancestral legacies that influenced in her. Rice’s elders—immigrants on one side and an descendants of slaves on the other—had high expectations ex that each generation would rise. And rise they th did, but not without paying it forward—in uniform and an in the pulpit, as educators, community leaders, and an public servants.
known Americans, such as actor/ director Tim Reid who compares slavery to a cancer diagnosis, former Detroit News columnist Betty DeRamus who recounts the discrimination she encountered as a young black Detroiter in the south, and the actress Aisha Rochelle Riley bookstockmi.org
Susan too rose rapidly. She served throughout the Clinton administration, becoming one of the nation’s youngest assistant secretaries of state and, later, one of President Obama’s most trusted advisors. Rice provides an insider’s account of some of the most complex issues confronting the United States over three decades, ranging from “Black Hawk Down” in Somalia to the genocide in Rwanda and the East Africa embassy bombings in the late 1990s, and from conflicts in Libya and Syria to the Ebola epidemic, a secret channel to Iran, and the opening to Cuba during the Obama years. With unmatched insight and characteristic bluntness, she reveals previously untold stories behind recent national security challenges, including confrontations with Russia and China, the war against ISIS, the struggle to contain the fallout from Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks, the U.S. response to Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the surreal transition to the Trump administration. Although you might think you know Susan Rice— whose name became synonymous with Benghazi following her Sunday news show appearances after the deadly 2012 terrorist attacks in Libya—now, through these pages, you truly will know her for the first time. Often mischaracterized by both political opponents and champions, Rice emerges as neither a villain nor a victim, but a strong, resilient, compassionate leader. Intimate, sometimes humorous, but always candid, Tough Love makes an urgent appeal to the American public to bridge our dangerous domestic divides in order to preserve our democracy and sustain our global leadership. www.amazon.com/Tough-Love-Story-Things-Fighting/ dp/1501189972
Hinds who explains how slavery robbed an entire race of value and self-worth. This collection of essays is a response to the false idea that slavery wasn’t so bad and something we should all just "get over." The descendants of slaves have spent over 150 years seeking permission to put this burden down. As Riley writes in her opening essay, "slavery is not a relic to be buried, but a wound that has not been allowed to heal. You cannot heal what you do not treat. You cannot treat what you do not see as a problem. And America continues to look the other way, to ask African Americans to turn the other cheek, to suppress our joy, to accept that we are supposed to go only as far as we are allowed." The Burden aims to address this problem. It is a must-read for every American. www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385537077/ref=dbs_a_def_ rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
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Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram by Isha Sesay
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n the early morning of April 14, 2014, the militant Islamic group Boko Haram violently burst into the small town of Chibok, Nigeria, and abducted 276 girls from their school dorm rooms. From poor families, these girls were determined to make better lives for themselves, but pursuing an education made them targets, resulting in one of history the most high-profile abductions in modern history. While the Chibok kidnapping made international
headlines, and prompted the #BringBackOurGirls movement, many unanswered questions surrounding that fateful night remain about the girls’ experiences in captivity, and where many of them are today. In Beneath the Tamarind Tree, Isha Sesay tells this story as no one else can. Originally from Sierra Leone, Sesay led CNN’s Africa reporting for more than a decade, and she was Isha Sesay zimbio.com on the front lines when this story broke. With unprecedented access to a group of girls who made it home, she follows the journeys of Priscilla, Saa, and Dorcas in an uplifting tale of sisterhood and survival. Sesay delves into the Nigerian government’s inadequate response to the kidnapping, exposes the hierarchy of how the news gets covered, and synthesizes crucial lessons about global national security. She also reminds us of the personal sacrifice required of journalists to bring us the truth at a time of growing mistrust of the media. Beneath the Tamarind Tree is a gripping read and a story of resilience with a soaring message of hope at its core, reminding us of the ever-present truth that progress for all of us hinges on unleashing the potential of women www.amazon.com/Beneath-Tamarind-Tree-CourageSchoolgirls/dp/0062686674
Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America by Karine Jean-Pierre An inspiring political memoir from Karine JeanPierre, Chief Public Affairs Officer for MoveOn, chronicling her path from New York’s Haitian community to working in the Obama White House, and offering a blueprint for anyone who wants to change the face of politics.
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ost political origin stories have the same backbone. A bright young person starts reading the Washington Post in elementary school. 30 2019 Black Business News Shopping Gallery - Books 1-323-291-7819
She skips school to see a presidential candidate. In middle school she canvasses door-todoor. The story can be intimidating. It reinforces the feeling that politics is a closed system: if you weren’t participating
Ancestry, History & Politics Donald Trump pitched millions of voters on the idea that their country was broken, and that the rest of the world was playing us “for suckers.” All we needed to fix this was Donald Trump, who rebranded prejudice as patriotism, p r e s e n t e d diversity as our weakness, and promised that money really could make the
The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story by Joy-Ann Reid
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andidate Trump sold Americans a vision that was seemingly at odds with their country’s f o u n d i n g principles. Now in office, he’s put up a “for sale” sign— on the prestige of the presidency, on America’s global stature, and on our national identity. At what cost have these deals come? The Man Who Sold America delivers an urgent accounting of our national crisis from one of our foremost political Joy-Ann Reid oday.emich.edu commentators. Three years ago,
in debate club, the Young Democrats and Model UN you have no chance. Karine Jean-Pierre’s story breaks the mold. In Moving Forward, she tells how she got involved, showing how politics can be accessible to anyone, no matter their background. In today’s political climate, the need for all of us to participate has never been more crucial. This book is her call to arms for those who know that now is the time for us to act. www.amazon.com/Moving-Forward-Story-PromiseAmerica-ebook/dp/B07Q3GFMMB
world go ’round. Trump made the sale to enough Americans in three key swing states to win the Electoral College. As president, Trump’s raft of self-dealing, scandal, and corruption has overwhelmed the national conversation. And with prosecutors bearing down on Trump and his family business, the web of criminality is circling closer to the Oval Office. All this while Trump seemingly makes his administration a pawn for the ultimate villain: an autocratic former KGB officer in Russia who found in the untutored and eager forty-fifth president the perfect “apprentice.” How did we get here? What is the hidden impact of Trump, beyond the headlines? Joy-Ann Reid’s essential book examines why he succeeded, and whether America can undo the damage he has done. Through interviews with American and international thought leaders and in-depth analysis, Reid situates the Trump era within the context of modern history, examining the profound social changes that led us to this point. A deeply pertinent analysis, The Man Who Sold America reveals the causes and consequences of the Trump presidency and contends with the future that awaits us. www.amazon.com/ Surviving-Trump-FieldStaying-Madness/ dp/0062880101
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The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It by Malcolm W. Nance
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hen former FBI Director Robert Mueller III was assigned to the Special Counsel investigation looking into the possibility of Russian interference in the 2016 US election, many Americans felt relieved. But when the report was delivered in April 2019, it was clear that the case was far from closedand pinning Trump down on conspiracy charges was going to be a lot more difficult than it had first seemed. In The Plot to Betray America, Malcolm W. Nance Malcolm Nance, PinqHudson Valley 360 New York Times bestselling author and renowned intelligence expert, reveals exactly how Trump and his inner circle conspired, coordinated, communicated, and eventually strategized to commit the greatest act of treachery in the history of the United States: compromisingthe presidential oath of office in exchange for power and personal enrichment. Seduced by the promises of riches dangled in front of them by Vladimir Putin, the Trump administration eagerly decided to reap the rewards of the plan to put a Kremlin-friendly crony in the Oval Office. And instead of interfering, the Republican Party's faithful William Barr, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Mitch McConnell, Roger Stone, George Papadopoulos, and Jeff Sessions among others did everything they could to facilitate Trump's damage to national security to fill his own
pockets. Through indepth research and interviews with intelligence experts and insiders, Nance charts Trump's deep financial ties to Russia through his family's investments, including those of Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner, and the corrupt behavior of his other doublecrossing pro-Moscow associates. Only by untangling the spider web of personal and financial relationships linking the White House to the Kremlin can we start to free ourselves from the constricting clutches of our foreign adversaries and work to rebuild our fractured nation. In this geopolitical page-turner, The Plot to Betray America ultimately sketches the tracks and blueprint of the Trump administration's conspiracy against our country-and how we can still fight to defend democracy, protect our national security, and save the Constitution. www.amazon.com/Plot-Betray-America-EmbracedCompromised-ebook/dp/B07PBVLN3H
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Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter by Kerri K. Greenidge This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter’s essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes.
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illiam Monroe T r o t t e r (1872–1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he Kerri Greenidge Tufts University galvanized black working-class citizens to wield their political power despite the violent racism of post-Reconstruction
America. For more than thirty years, the Harvardeducated Trotter edited and published the Guardian, a weekly Boston newspaper that was read across the nation. Defining himself against the gradualist politics of Booker T. Washington and the elitism of W. E. B. Du Bois, Trotter advocated for a radical vision of black liberation that prefigured leaders such as Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Synthesizing years of archival research, historian Kerri Greenidge renders the drama of turn-of-the-century America and reclaims Trotter as a seminal figure, whose prophetic, yet ultimately tragic, life offers a link between the vision of Frederick Douglass and black radicalism in the modern era. www.amazon.com/Black-Radical-William-MonroeTrotter/dp/1631495348Compromised-ebook/dp/ B07PBVLN3H
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Make It Rain!: How to Use the Media to Revolutionize Your Business & Brand by Areva Martin What if you could get in front of millions of prospects with the avid endorsement of famous influencers--without spending a dime?
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t's happening right in front of you every day. Guest experts on TV, radio, podcasts, blogs, and live streaming are getting local and national exposure for their business and brand that they could never have afforded to reach with ads. For a decade, Areva Martin has used the media to build a huge platform that expanded the influence and power of her brand exponentially. Media appearances on Dr. Phil, Anderson Cooper 360, The Doctors, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and more have virtually eliminated the need of a marketing budget for her thriving law firm and non-profit organization, while securing her place as one of America's most sought after thought leaders. In Make It Rain! Areva breaks the silence to reveal what insiders know about the power of media appearances to revolutionize a business and brand and
Felon By Reginald Dwayne Betts
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elon tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems―canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace―and, in doing so, creates a travelogue for an imagined life. Reginald Dwayne Betts confronts the funk of postincarceration existence and examines prison not as a static space, but as a force that enacts pressure throughout a person’s life.
get your core message out to the people who need it most. You'll learn how to: • Match your brand to the right audience and media venues • Craft pitches producers can't resist • Jump on breaking news shows • Pivot and speak in soundbites like the pros • Amplify every interview with social media • Turn appearances into platform and become a rainmaker Never before have there been more ways to build a presence that matters. Whether you are the executive of a corporation, the author of an upcoming book, the owner of a rapidly growing small business, or the public face of a local nonprofit or association, if you have a business to build or people you want to help, nothing beats using the media to create the visibility, influence, and power you need. Are you ready to Make It Rain!? www.amazon.com/Make-Rain-Media-RevolutionizeBusiness/dp/1478989874
The poems move between traditional and newfound forms with power and agility―from revolutionary found poems created by redacting court documents to the astonishing crown of sonnets that serves as the volume’s radiant conclusion. Drawing inspiration from lawsuits filed on behalf of the incarcerated, the redaction poems focus on the ways we exploit and erase the poor and imprisoned from public consciousness. Traditionally, redaction erases what is top secret; in Felon, Betts redacts what is superfluous, bringing into focus the profound failures of the criminal justice system and the inadequacy of the labels it generates. Challenging the complexities of language, Betts animates what it means to be a "felon." Reginald Dwayne Betts Yale University
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Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice by Michelle Obama
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hat’s your journey of becoming? Based on Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, this gorgeous journal features an intimate and inspiring introduction by the former First Lady and more than 150 inspiring questions and quotes to help you discover—and rediscover—your story. “It’s not about being perfect. It’s not about where you get yourself in the end. There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.” —Michelle Obama In writing Becoming, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama shared her own extraordinary journey to help create space for others to tell their stories and to give people the courage to discover the power of their own voice. With this journal, she now provides you with the encouragement to find value in your own personal journey of becoming. Printed on cream writing paper, with a grosgrain ribbon, foil-stamped cover, and removable half-jacket, Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your
The Power of Love: Sermons, reflections, and wisdom to uplift and inspire by Bishop Michael Curry "Love is the way. Love is the only way. Those who follow in my way follow in the way of unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial love. And that kind of love can change the world."
Voice includes thought-provoking prompts designed to help you reflect on your personal and family history; your goals, challenges, and dreams; what moves you and brings you hope; and what future you imagine for yourself and your community. Writes Mrs. Obama in the Introduction to the Becoming journal, “I hope you’ll use this journal to write down your experiences, thoughts, and feelings, in all their imperfections, and without judgment. . . . We don’t have to remember everything. But everything we remember has value.” These pages will help you capture your own voice and journey so you can nurture your sense of belonging. Inside, you’ll find an opportunity not only to take heart in the experiences that brought you to where you are today, but also to feel empowered to take those next steps, wherever they might lead. www.amazon.com/Becoming-Guided-Journal-DiscoveringVoice/dp/0593139127
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wo billion people watched Bishop Michael Curry deliver his sermon on the redemptive power of love at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex) at Windsor Castle. Here, he shares the full text of the sermon, plus an introduction and four of his favorite sermons on the themes hem emes es of of love love lo e and and d social soc ociial ial justice. The world has met Bishop Curry and has been moved by his riveting, hopeful, and deceptively simple message: love and acceptance are what we need in these strange times. www.amazon.com/Power-Love-Sermons-reflections-inspire/ dp/0525542892/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=77653086312301&hvbmt=be&hvdev= c&hvqmt=e&keywords=the+power+of+love+bishop+michael+curry&qid=1 554302451&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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Inspiration & Motivation fatherhood. Whether you’re a man traveling a similar path, supporting someone who has made that journey, or just want to gain insight, these touching testimonies will enlighten and educate people from all walks of life. Color Him Father will encourage all fathers to renew their promises to their children, while motivating young Black men to become even more committed to the
Color Him Father by Lawrence M. Drake II,
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t’s a brotherhood no man wants to join - the group of men who share the pain of losing a child. Whether that child is an infant, teenager, young or full grown adult, grieving the loss of a child is a heartache that can break the strongest of men. Now, seven men who hold membership in that fraternity of fatherhood have come together to share the sorrow of their suffering. In their M. Drake, II own unique voices, these Lawrence nbmbaa.org men tackle perspectives of being a Black father that are rarely discussed. In Color Him Father, you will step inside these very personal and intense stories of love and loss, tragedies and triumphs….But these stories will take you beyond the pain as they share their deep commitment to
brotherhood of fatherhood. www.amazon.com/Color-Him-Father-LawrenceDrake/dp/1944359826/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=color+hi m+father&qid=1564794254&s=books&sr=1-1
Abundance Now: Amplify Your Life & Achieve Prosperity Today by Lisa Nichols, Janet Switzer
offers provocative lessons, actionable plans and reallife case-studies, and makes clear what we must do ew York Times bestselling author, Personal every day to attract Transformation guru, and life coach for the Steve abundance, how Harvey Show and Today, Lisa Nichols shares to act as if we are her journey from scarcity to abundance, outlining steps already leading everyone can take to create abundance in career, abundant lives, and relationships, self, and finances—while creating a how to open the door legacy for others to follow. to a life of richness Twenty years ago, Lisa Nichols was a single mother in our work, our dependent on public assistance and jumping from one relationships, our dead end job to the next. Determined to break out finances, and in our of the defeatist mindset, negative behavior, and bad view of ourselves. habits that were holding her back from success, she www.amazon. resolved to change her life. Today, she leads the life of com/Abundanceher dreams. Now-AmplifyIn Abundance Now, this icon in the field of personal Achieve-Prosperity/ transformation shares her secrets to creating a life that dp/0062412213/ref=sr_1 is rich in every way possible. Focusing on the four areas _1?hvadid=7827153667 of life that must be refined to bring true abundance, or 5077&hvbmt=be&hvdev the 4 E’s—Enrichment, Enchantment, Engagement, =c&hvqmt=e&keywords= Endowment—Nichols identifies the framework upon lisa+nichols+abundance which a fulfilled existence is built. Abundance Now
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Eloquent Rage:
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
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o what if it’s true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. In the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde, Brittney Cooper reminds us that anger is a powerful source of energy that can give us the strength to keep on fighting. Far too often, Black women’s anger has been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of American democracy. But Cooper shows us that there is more to the story than that. Black women’s eloquent rage is what makes Serena Williams such a powerful It’s f l tennis t i player. l It’ what h makes Beyoncé’s girl
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins
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or David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare — poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through selfdiscipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him “The Fittest (Real) Man in America.” In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story
power anthems resonate so hard. It’s what makes Michelle Obama an icon. Eloquent rage keeps us all honest and accountable. It reminds women that they don’t have to settle for less. When Cooper learned of her grandmother's eloquent rage about love, sex, and marriage in an epic and Brittany Cooper youtube.com hilarious frontporch confrontation, her life was changed. And it took another intervention, this time staged by one of her homegirls, to turn Brittney into the fierce feminist she is today. In Brittney Cooper’s world, neither mean girls nor fuckboys ever win. But homegirls emerge as heroes. This book argues that ultimately feminism, friendship, and faith in one's own superpowers are all we really need to turn things right side up again. www.amazon.com/Eloquent-Rage-FeministDiscovers-Superpower/dp/1250112575
and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. G o g g i n s calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential. www.amazon. com/Cant-HurtMe-MasterYour-ebook/dp/ B07H453KGH
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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey By Kamala D. Harris
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enator Kamala H a r r i s ' s commitment to speaking truth is informed by her upbringing. The daughter of immigrants, she was raised in an Oakland, California community that cared deeply about social justice; her parents--an esteemed economist from Jamaica and an admired cancer researcher from India-met as activists in the civil rights movement when they were graduate students at Berkeley. Growing up, Harris herself never hid her passion for justice, and when she became a prosecutor out of law school, a deputy district attorney, she quickly established herself as one of the most innovative change agents in American law enforcement. She progressed rapidly to become the elected District Attorney for San Francisco, and then the chief law enforcement officer of the state of California as a whole. Known for bringing a voice to the voiceless, she took on the big banks during the foreclosure crisis,
winning a historic settlement for California's working families. Her hallmarks were applying a holistic, datadriven approach to many of California's thorniest issues, always eschewing stale "tough on crime" rhetoric as presenting a series of false choices. Neither "tough" nor "soft" but smart on crime became her mantra. Being smart means learning the truths that can make us better as a community, and supporting those truths with all our might. That has been the pole star that guided Harris to a transformational career as the top law enforcement official in California, and it is guiding her now as a transformational United States Senator, grappling with an array of complex issues that affect her state, our country, and the world, from health care and the new economy to immigration, national security, the opioid crisis, and accelerating inequality. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in THE TRUTHS WE HOLD a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times. Through the arc of her own life, on into the great work of our day, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values. In a book rich in many home truths, not least is that a relatively small number of people work very hard to convince a great many of us that we have less in common than we actually do, but it falls to us to look past them and get on with the good work of living our common truth. When we do, our shared effort will continue to sustain us and this great nation, now and in the years to come. www.amazon.com/gp/product/ B07FC47R8D?ref=em_1p_1_ ti&ref_=pe_1249960_410354980
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Pulse of Perseverance: Three Black Doctors on Their Journey to Success by Pierre Johnson MD (Author), Maxime Madhere MD (Contributor), Joseph Semien Jr MD (Contributor)
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ulse of Perseverance is the honest, deeply personal tale of three young black men's refusal to succumb to failure and how, together, they overcame daunting odds to take their place among the just five percent of U.S. doctors who are black. Through writing as passionate as it is relatable, the authors provide an unflinching look at the barriers black Americans face as they try to move out of the place society has designated for them. This book is a searing indictment of our still separate and unequal education system, one that ensures the road to becoming a
The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life's Work By Nicholas Pearce (Author), Parker J. Palmer (Foreword)
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any of the world's most beloved companies― Apple, Disney, Google―are not simply profitdriven, but purpose-driven. They let the reason for which they were created drive what they do every day. But what about us - how do we define our purpose, the why behind the work we do? How can we find the inspiration to pursue more than just a paycheck and ultimately fulfill our Dr. Nicholas Pearce authentic life's work? In The Purpose Path, award-winning management expert Dr. Nicholas Pearce invites readers to courageously embark upon the journey of aligning
doctor, or a lawyer or professor, will be much harder for black children than it will be for white. Yet, at its core, Pulse of Perseverance is an inspirational story of what can be accomplished with dedication, the support of people with similar goals, and the investment from institutions dedicated to black success. This book is the North Star for every black child who sees something greater for himself than the world would have him believe. www.amazon.com/gp/product/099927970X?ref=em_1p_3_ ti&ref_=pe_7176780_411413850
their daily work with their life's work. This one-ofits-kind guidebook is for anyone--at any level, age, or professional stage-seeking to have more than just a job or career, but a meaningful calling. Readers will go on a journey of self-discovery that's organized around five key questions: • What is success? • Who am I? • Why am I here? • Am I running the right race? • Am I running the race well? Drawing upon his years of experience as a global executive adviser, business school professor, and pastor, Pearce shows how people in a variety of fields have asked and answered these five questions as they launch, grow, or even completely change their careers. Inspiring, thought-provoking, and practical, The Purpose Path is an essential read for anyone longing to connect their soul with their role. www.amazon.com/Purpose-Path-Guide-PursuingAuthentic/dp/1250182174
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The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
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veryone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, “Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honor your calling in the best way possible.” That journey starts right here. In her latest book, The Path Made Clear, Oprah shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance. The book’s ten chapters are organized to help you recognize the important milestones along the road to self-discovery, laying out what you really need in order to achieve personal contentment, and what life’s detours are there to teach us. Oprah opens each chapter by sharing her own key lessons and the personal stories that helped set the course for her best life. She then brings together wisdom and insights from luminaries in a wide array of fields, inspiring readers to consider what they’re meant to do in the world and how to pursue it with passion and
Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson
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ritten in her trademark unfiltered and witty style, Robinson's latest collection is a call to arms. Outfitted with on-point pop culture references, these essays tackle a wide range of topics: giving feminism a tough-love talk on intersectionality, telling society's beauty standards to kick rocks, and calling foul on our culture's obsession with work. Robinson also gets personal, exploring money problems she's hidden from her parents, how dating is mainly a warmed-over bowl of hot mess, and definitely most important, meeting Bono not once, but twice. She's struggled with being a woman with a political mind and
focus. Renowned figures such as Eckhart Tolle, Brene Brown, LinManuel Miranda, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jay-Z, and Ellen DeGeneres share the greatest lessons from their own journeys toward a life filled with purpose. Paired with over 100 awe-inspiring photographs to help illuminate the wisdom of these messages, The Path Made Clear provides readers with a beautiful resource for achieving a life lived in service of your calling – whatever it may be. www.amazon.com/Path-Made-Clear-DiscoveringDirection/dp/1250307503
a woman with an everchanging jeans size. She knows about trash because she sees it every day--and because she's seen roughly one hundred thousand hours of reality TV and zero hours of Schindler's List. With the intimate voice of a new best friend, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay is a candid perspective for a generation that has had the rug pulled out from under it too many times to count. www.amazon.com/Everythings-Trash-But-Its-Okay-ebook/dp/ B07D6WRTCF/ref=pd_sim_351_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_ rd_i=B07D6WRTCF&pd_rd_r=2dcdebbe-00f8-11e9-91e2f976ad544836&pd_rd_w=0PAYo&pd_rd_wg=T74d4&pf_rd_ p=18bb0b78-4200-49b9-ac91-f141d61a1780&pf_rd_r=4SJPH6J3 3V1P5ZZMDGN8&psc=1&refRID=4SJPH6J33V1P5ZZMDGN8
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Loving You, Thinking of You, Don't Forget to Pray: Letters to My Son in Prison by Jacqueline L. Jackson (Author), Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (Introduction)
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acqueline Jackson promised her son, Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., that she would write him every day during his incarceration in federal prison to serve his thirty-month sentence. This book is an inspiring and moving selection of the letters she wrote him. Together, they comprise a powerful act of love—nurturing and ministering to Jacqueline L. Jackson her son's heart, gettyimages.com health, and mind
and maintaining his essential connection with home. Frank, anecdotal, imbued with faith, and sometimes humorous, they offer intimate details from the family’s daily life, along with news of friends and the community and glimpses of such figures as Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, and Mayor Marion Barry. They also touch eloquently on issues of social justice, politics, and history, as when Mrs. Jackson recalls growing up in Jim Crow Florida, and they reflect the qualities, instilled by her own mother, that made her a role model for much of her life. Ultimately, these letters offer a blueprint for why we have to support our families not just as they elevate but when they fall. This collection is Mrs. Jackson's contribution to healing during a time when our prisons are full and our communities are suffering. She provides the road map for ensuring that the individuals serving sentences understand that prison is where they are, not who they are and for helping them sustain the courage to keep hope alive. www.amazon.com/Loving-Thinking-Dont-Forget-Pray/ dp/1948924323
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Do What Feels Good: Recipes, Remedies and Routines to Treat Your Body Right By Hannah Bronfman
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s a food l o v e r , b e a u t y product addict, exercise junkie, and wellness e n t r e p r e n e u r, H a n n a h B r o n f m a n practically radiates confidence and health. But she’ll be the first one to admit that the road to wellness and self-acceptance
hasn’t been easy. As a woman of color who grew up watching a close family member struggle with an eating disorder, Hannah’s had to forge her own path and create her own standards of beauty. And what she’s learned is this: Healthy is beautiful. And healthy should feel good. In Do What Feels Good, Hannah offers real talk about getting in touch with your body’s needs, baring her soul and sharing her story along the way. Hannah provides insight on everything from gut health to nutrition to fitness to skincare, sharing insight from top experts on how to understand your body’s unique chemistry so that you can fuel it with more of the things that feel good and less of the things that don’t. And since delicious food is one of the things that makes everyone feel good, Hannah shares more than 50 of her favorite recipes for healthy hedonism (desserts and cocktails included!). Enlightening, empowering, and educational, this is an approach to wellness that is holistic, hedonistic, and real. Because self-care should not feel self-punishing, and every body deserves to feel good. www.amazon.com/Do-What-Feels-Good-Remediesebook/dp/
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The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table By Minda Harts
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he Memo is the much-needed career advice guide for women of color specifically, finally ending the one-size-fits-all approach of business books that lump together women across races and overlook the unique barriers to success for women of color. In a charismatic and relatable voice, Minda Harts brings her entrepreneurial experience as CEO of The Memo (http:// mindaharts.com) to the page, as well as her past career life as a fundraising consultant
to top colleges across the country. With wit and candor, Harts begins by acknowledging the "ugly truths" that keep women of color from getting the proverbial seat at the table in corporate America: micro-aggressions, systemic racism, white privilege, etc. Harts validates Minda Mi nda nd da Ha H Harts art rts ts that women aren't news.lenovo.com making up the discrimination they feel, even if it isn't always overt. From there, she gives straight talk on how to address these issues head on, and provides a roadmap to help women of color and their allies make real change to the system. With chapters on network-building, office politics, money and negotiation, The Memo covers all the basics that any good business book should. But through the author's lens, it offers support and long-overdue advice particularly for women of color. www.amazon.com/Memo-Women-Color-Secure-Table/ dp/1580058469/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+memo&qid=15665084 79&s=books&sr=1-1
Money Talks:
The Ultimate Couple's Guide to Communicating about Money by Talaat and Tai McNeely
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oney Talks: The Ultimate Couple's Guide to Communicating about Money, opens the lines of communication between spouses, and reveals how to align themselves together financially. • If you are tired of always fighting about money in your marriage... • If you are weary from the massive amount of financial stress you are under... • If you are longing to experience unity with your 47 2019 Black Business News Shopping Gallery - Books 1-323-291-7819
spouse in your finances... • It's time for you to take a step toward getting on one accord with your spouse financially. Each chapter ends with specific talking points for you to discuss with your spouse. www.amazon. com/Money-TalksUltimate-CouplesCommunicatingebook/dp/ B018ND2UBW
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A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump By Lonnie G. Bunch III
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n its first four months of operation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture surpassed one million visits and quickly became a cherished, vital monument to the African American experience. And yet this accomplishment was never assured. In A Fool's Errand, founding director Lonnie Bunch tells his story of bringing his clear vision and leadership to bear to realize this shared dream of many generations of Americans. Outlining the challenges of site choice, architect selection, building design, and the compilation of an unparalleled collection of African American artifacts, Bunch also delves into his personal struggles-especially the stress of a high-profile undertaking-
-and the triumph of establishing such an institution without mentors or guidebooks to light the way. His memoir underscores his determination to create a museum that treats the black experience as an essential component of every American's identity. This inside account of how Bunch planned, managed, and executed the museum's mission informs and inspires not only readers working in museums, cultural institutions, and activist groups, but also those in the nonprofit and business worlds who wish to understand how to succeed--and do it spectacularly--in the face of major political, structural, and financial challenges. www.amazon.com/Fools-Errand-Creating-NationalAmerican/dp/1588346684/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=a+fools+e rrand&qid=1566507800&s=gateway&sr=8-5
JAY-Z: Made in America By Michael Eric Dyson
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AY-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric Dyson’s decade of teaching the work of one of the greatest poets this nation has produced, prod ducced ed, d as gifted gif iftte ted a wordsmith ted wo ord rds d as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Rita Dove. But as a rapper, he’s sometimes not given the credit he deserves for just how great an artist he’s been for so long. This book wrestles with the biggest themes of JAY-
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Debt Free Degree by Anthony ONeal
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very parent wants the best for their kid. That’s why they encourage them to go to college! But most parents aren’t in a position to pay for their kid’s college, so they end up turning to student loans. The average graduate walks away with $35,000 in student loan debt and no clue how much that debt will actually cost them. But there’s a different way! In his new book, national bestselling author and Ramsey Personality Anthony ONeal teaches parents how to help their kid pay for college without debt, even if they haven’t saved for it. This is a step-by-step plan
Z's career, including hustling, and it recognizes the way that he’s always weaved politics into his music, making important statements about race, criminal justice, black wealth and social injustice. As he enters his fifties, and to mark his thirty years as a recording artist, this is the perfect time to take a look at JAY-Z’s career and his role in making this nation what it is today. In
that combines common sense and honest humor. It’s not some stuffy “how-to” guide, but a book you’ll actually enjoy reading! Debt-Free Degree doesn’t just tell you what to do. It also tells you why to do it, how to do it, and when to do it. It will show you how to cash flow your kid’s college education and what to do at each stage from middle school to high school. It will also teach you about scholarships, grants and free community colleges. Debt-Free Degree will also teach you: • How to prepare your kid for college. • Which classes your kid should take in high school. • When your kid should take the ACT and SAT. • How to do college visits the right way. • Why it’s important to choose a major. A college education is supposed to prepare your kid for their future, not rob them of their paycheck for decades. Debt-Free Degree shows parents how to help their kid pay for college without student loans and set them up for financial success.. www.anthonyoneal.com/store/product/debt-free-degreebook
many ways, this is JAY-Z’s America as much as it’s Pelosi’s America, or Trump’s America, or Martin Luther King’s America. JAY-Z has given this country a language to think with and words to live by.. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TTZ8QPJ/ ref=pe_375220_421466760_em_1p_1_lm
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Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth―and How You Can Too by Chris Hogan
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verywhere we turn, we hear negative financial news—that the American Dream is dead or that the little man can’t get ahead. Our culture feeds us the lie that it’s impossible to become a millionaire in America today, but it’s time you heard the truth. In his newest book, Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth—and How You Can Too, Chris Hogan destroys millionaire myths that are keeping everyday people from achieving financial independence. Chris and the Ramsey research team surveyed over 10,000 US millionaires, discovering how these high-net-worth people reached their financial status. And the formula might surprise you.
Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy's 'Last Frontier' Can Prosper and Matter By Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu
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o many, Africa is the new frontier. As the West lies battered by financial crisis, Africa is seen as offering limitless opportunities for wealth creation in the march of globalization. But what is Africa to today's Africans? Are its economies truly on the rise? And what is its likely future? In this pioneering book, leading international strategist Kingsley Moghalu challenges conventional wisdoms about Africa's quest for growth. Drawing on philosophy, economics and strategy, he ranges from
Millionaire status doesn’t require inheriting a bunch of money or having a high-paying job. No. The path to becoming a millionaire is paved with moreordinary tools— tools that you either already have or that you can learn. If you thought you could never become a millionaire, think again. Listen and learn from over 10,000 everyday millionaires who h db li it’ possible ibl for you too. have d done it and believe it’s www.amazon.com/Everyday-Millionaires-OrdinaryExtraordinary-Wealth_and/dp/0977489523
capitalism to technological innovation, finance to foreign investment, and from human capital to world trade to offer a new vision of transformation. Ultimately he demonstrates how Africa's progress in the twentyfirst century will f require nothing Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu short of the allafrica.com reinvention of the African mindset. A Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu is Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He was the Founder and CEO of Sogato Strategies S.A., a global strategy and risk management consulting firm in Geneva, Switzerland. He has previously worked for the United Nations for 17 years in strategic planning, legal, development y finance and executive management. His f previous books include Global Justice and Rwanda's Genocide. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LG8ZBIG/ ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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Retire Inspired: It's Not an Age, It's a Financial Number by Chris Hogan
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hen you hear the word retirement, you probably don't imagine yourself scrambling to pay your bills in your golden years. But for too many Americans, that's the fate that awaits unless they take steps now to plan for the future. Whether you're twenty five and starting your first job or fifty five and watching the career clock start to wind down, today is the day to get serious about your retirement. In Retire Inspired, Chris Hogan teaches that retirement isn't an age; it's a financial number an amount you need to live the life in retirement that you've always dreamed of. With clear investing concepts and
strategies, Chris will educate and empower you to make your own investing decisions, set reasonable expectations for your spouse and family, and build a dream team of experts to get you there. You don't have to retire broke, stressed, and working long after you want to. You can retire inspired! www.amazon.com/ Retire-Inspired-ItsFinancial-Number/ dp/1937077810/ ref=pd_sim_14_1/130-6381350-7250248
Monetizing Gentrification by Thomas Loftin
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s a long time real estate investor and business owner, Mr. Thomas "TJ" Loftin (known as "TJ") spent a lot of time observing business and real estate trends and watched some major disruptions in both areas. Therefore, TJ decided to travel the country to closely monitor them. He came to the realization that in less than a decade most people will not be able to afford real estate ownership or even be able to start a business and own the building that it's in or possibly afford to rent the building. "We are raising the first generation of non-homeowners, and that's dangerous." So, TJ decided to write his first book, "Monetizing Gentrification" and created a tour traveling around the country giving presentations, trainings and coaching to better help those who would like to create a legacy. www.amazon.com/Monetizing-Gentrification-Thomas51 2019 Black Business News Shopping Gallery - Books 1-323-291-7819
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The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future by Mr. Timi Ajiboye, Bitcoin Collective
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ou’ve probably heard about Bitcoin on the news or heard it being discussed by your friends or colleagues. How come the price keeps changing? Is Bitcoin a good investment? How does it even have value? Why do people keep talking about it like it’s going to change the world? The Little Bitcoin Book tells the story of what’s wrong with money today, and why Bitcoin was invented
to provide an alternative to the current system. It describes in simple terms what Bitcoin is, how it works, why it’s valuable, and how it affects individual freedom and opportunities of people everywhere - from Nigeria to the Philippines to Venezuela to the United States. This book also includes a Q & A section with some Mr. Timi Ajiboye GitHub of the most frequently asked questions about Bitcoin. If you want to learn more about this new form of money which continues to gain interest and adoption around the world, then this book is for you.
The Girlfriend's Guide to Closing the Deal By Melody Spann Cooper
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elody Spann Cooper is one of the country’s leading female broadcast executives who has mastered the art of Closing the Deal. In her debut book, Girl Friend's Guide to Closing the Deal, she shares her story of finding her voice in a maledominated industry. In this semi-autobiographical work, Melody uses her special brand of warmth, candor and wit as she shares with readers how they can use their power to enhance opportunities as the highest level. This is a must-read for entrepreneurs and female executives who want to position themselves as a driving force for change and equity at the table where the deals are done. Order Girl Friend's Guide to Closing the Deal at www. melodyspanncooper.com.
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Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett, Dave Zirin, Martellus Bennett (Foreword)
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i c h a e l Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's
also one of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable. Bennett adds his unmistakable voice to discussions of racism and police violence, Black athletes and their relationship to powerful institutions like the NCAA and the NFL, the role of protest in history, and the responsibilities of athletes as role models to speak out against injustice. Following in the footsteps of activist-athletes from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, Bennett demonstrates his outspoken leadership both on and off the field. Written with award-winning sportswriter and author Dave Zirin, Things that Make White People Uncomfortable is a sports book for our turbulent times, a memoir, and a manifesto as hilarious and engaging as it is illuminating. www.amazon.com/Things-That-White-PeopleUncomfortable/dp/1608468933
Not Our President: New Directions from the Pushed Out, the Others, and the Clear Majority in Trump’s Stolen America Edited by Haki Madhubuti and Lasana Kazembe, Cornel West (Foreword)
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onald J. Trump is the 45th president of the United States! This happened in 2016 and it is not a hallucination. Trump’s political ascendancy, cabinet-level federal appointments, and not-so-subtle endorsement of white nationalism have expedited feelings of fear, loathing, and endless uncertainty among many Americans – in particular, the poor and working-class. Not Our President: New Directions from the Pushed Out, the Others, and the Clear Majority in Trump’s Stolen America is a call-to-action for critical thinking, civic engagement, and progressive movement-building among everyday people – the vast majority of whom stand outside of Trump’s vision for America. Not Our President is critical reading! The book includes contributions from Molefi K. Asante, Edmund W. Gordon, Maulana Karenga, Henry Giroux, Mitch Landrieu, Greg Carr, Sonia Sanchez, Bill Ayers, Gerald Horne, Elizabeth Warren, Ishmael Reed, Julianne Malveaux, Jessica Care Moore, Nikky Finney, Herb Boyd, Michael Simanga, Talib Kweli Greene, and others. www.amazon.com/Not-Our-President-directions-Majority/dp/088378372X 54 2019 Black Business News Shopping Gallery - Books 1-323-291-7819
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A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington • Middle-class African American households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are more polluted than those of very poor white households with incomes below $10,000. • When swallowed, a lead-paint chip no larger than a fingernail can send a toddler into a coma -- onetenth of that amount will lower his IQ. • Nearly two of every five African American homes in Baltimore are plagued by lead-based paint. Almost all of the 37,500 Baltimore children who suffered lead poisoning between 2003 and 2015 were African American. rom injuries caused by lead poisoning to the devastating effects of atmospheric pollution, infectious disease, and industrial waste, Americans of color are harmed by environmental hazards in staggeringly disproportionate numbers. This systemic onslaught of toxic exposure and institutional negligence causes irreparable physical harm to millions of people across the country-cutting lives tragically short and needlessly burdening our health care system. But these deadly environments create another insidious and often overlooked consequence: robbing communities of color, and America as a whole, of intellectual power. The 1994 publication of The Bell Curve and its controversial thesis catapulted the topic of genetic racial differences in IQ to the forefront of a renewed and heated debate. Now, in A Terrible Thing to Waste, award-winning science writer Harriet A. Washington adds her incisive analysis to the fray, arguing that IQ is a biased and flawed metric metric, but tthat it is useful for tracking
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cognitive damage. She takes apart the spurious notion of intelligence as an inherited trait, using copious data that instead point to a different cause of the reported African American-white IQ gap: environmental racism - a confluence of racism and other institutional factors that relegate marginalized communities to living and working near sites of toxic waste, pollution, and insufficient sanitation services. She investigates heavy metals, neurotoxins, deficient prenatal care, bad nutrition, and even pathogens as chief agents influencing intelligence to explain why communities of color are disproportionately affected -and what can be done to remedy this Harriet A. Washington mindbodygreen.com devastating problem. Featuring extensive scientific research and Washington's sharp, lively reporting, A Terrible Thing to Waste is sure to outrage, transform the conversation, and inspire debate. www.amazon.com/Terrible-Thing-Waste-EnvironmentalAmerican/dp/0316509434/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24DHJCOSG YSUO&keywords=a+terrible+thing+to+waste&qid=156650 9666&s=gateway&sprefix=a+terrible+th%2Caps%2C176& sr=8-1
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Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing By Revs. William J. Barber II, Rick Lowery, Liz Theoharis
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he Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II has been called “the closest person we have to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in our midst” (Cornel West) and “one of the most gifted organizers and orators in the country today” (Ari Berman). In this age of political division and civic unrest, Rev. Barber’s message is more necessary than ever. This volume Rev. Barber patheos.com features Rev. Barber’s most stirring sermons and speeches, with response
essays by prominent public intellectuals, activists, and faith leaders. Drawing from the history of social movements in the US, especially the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign, Rev. Barber and the contributors to this volume speak to the most pressing issues of our time, including Black Lives Matter, the fight for a $15 minimum wage, the struggle to protect voting rights, the march for women’s rights, and the movement to overcome poverty and unite the dispossessed across all dividing lines. Grounded in the fundamental biblical theme of poor and oppressed people taking action together, the book suggests ways to effectively build a fusion movement to make America fair and just for everyone. www.amazon.com/dp/B07465B664/ref=dp-kindleredirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Series, No. 1) • The Miseducation of the Black Child -- The Hare Plan: Educate Every Black Man, Woman and Child
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r. Julia Hare transitioned in February 2019. In honor of her brilliant life and legacy we provide this list of some of her work and her work with her husband, Dr. Nathan Ware. Visit you local Black Book Store to find even more enlightenment. • How to Find and Keep a BMW: Black Man Working • The Sexual and Political Anorexia of the Black Woman: The Pain Guts and Glory of the Black Woman • Change, Grow or Die
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The Endangered Black Family: Coping With the Unisexualization and Coming Extinction of the Black Race (Black Male / Female Relationships
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The Black Agenda Crisis in Black Sexual Politics Bringing the Black Boy to Manhood: The Passage www.amazon.com/Julia-Hare-Books/ s?k=Julia+Hare&rh=n%3A283155
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Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
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n these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom— award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed—embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call ssociety. Ideas and fuse iidentity effortlessly in e vibrant tthis collection on tthat bookshelves is b jjust as at home alongside Rebecca Solnit R and bell hooks a as it is beside a Jeff Chang and J Tressie McMillan Cottom neuroethicswomenleaders.com Janet Mock. It also fills an important void on those very shelves: a modern black American feminist voice waxing poetic on self
and society, serving up a healthy portion of clever prose and southern aphorisms as she covers everything from Saturday Night Live, LinkedIn, and BBQ Becky to sexual violence, infant mortality, and Trump rallies. Thick speaks fearlessly to a range of topics and is far more genre-bending than a typical compendium of personal essays. An intrepid intellectual force hailed by the likes of Trevor Noah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Oprah, Tressie McMillan Cottom is “among America’s most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time” (Rebecca Traister). This stunning debut collection—in all its intersectional glory—mines for meaning in places many of us miss, and reveals precisely how the political, the social, and the personal are almost always one and the same. www.amazon.com/Thick-Essays-Tressie-McMillanCottom/dp/1620974363/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8& qid=1547613519&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=tressie+m cmillancottom
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Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a BillionDollar Business by Pamela Newkirk
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iversity has become the new buzzword, championed by elite institutions from academia to Hollywood to corporate America. In an effort to ensure their organizations represent the racial and ethnic makeup of the country, industry and foundation leaders have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to commission studies, launch training sessions, and hire consultants and diversity czars. But is it working? Pamela Newkirk CNN0 In Diversity, Inc., award-winning journalist Pamela Newkirk shines a bright light on the diversity industry, asking the tough questions about what has been effective--and why
progress has been so slow. Newkirk highlights the rare success stories, sharing valuable lessons about how other industries can match those gains. But as she argues, despite decades of handwringing, costly initiatives, and uncomfortable conversations, organizations have, apart from a few exceptions, fallen far short of their goals. Diversity, Inc. incisively shows the vast gap between the rhetoric of inclusivity and real achievements. If we are to deliver on the promise of true equality, we need to abandon ineffective, costly measures and commit ourselves to combatting enduring racial attitudes. www.amazon.com/Diversity-Inc-Promise-Billion-DollarBusiness/dp/1568588224/ref=asc_df_1568588224/
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Biography
Biography
Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela D DePrince, Elaine Deprince
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ichaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a “devil child” for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. At the age of four, Michaela was adopted by an
American family, who encouraged her love of dancing and enrolled her in classes. She went on to study at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre and is now the youngest principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She has appeared in the ballet documentary First Position, as well as on Dancing with the Stars, Good htli li Morning America, and Ni Nightline. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa to becoming one of ballet’s most exciting rising stars. www.amazon.com/dp/B00JCSA8U8/ref=dp-kindleredirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
The Rihanna Book By Rihanna
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ihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiography. From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide tours, from iconic fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases intimate photographs of her life as an artist, performer, designer, and entrepreneur. Many of these images have never before been published. Rihanna (b. 1988, Barbados) is a nine-time Grammy Award–winning recording artist, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. She has sold 60 million albums and 215 million digital tracks worldwide, making her the top-selling digital artist of all time. Rihanna launched her beauty line Fenty Beauty in 2017, her lingerie line Savage X Fenty in 2018, and most recently her luxury fashion line, FENTY in 2019. This large-format edition is 504 pages with 1,050 colour images and 11 special inserts. This hardcover book is 12-5/8 x 16-1/2 inches | 420 x 320 mm (portrait) and includes a custom-designed black carton with a carrying handle.
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Hurricanes: A Memoir by Rick Ross, Neil Martinez-Belkin
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ick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know his full story. Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic and unexpectedly candid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adolescence and his dramatic ascendancy in the world of hip-hop. Born William Leonard Roberts II, Ross grew up “across the bridge,” in a Miami at odds with the glitzy beaches, nightclubs and yachts of South Beach. In the aftermath of the 1980 race riots and the Mariel boatlift, Ross came of age at the height of the city’s crack epidemic, when home invasions and executionstyle killings were commonplace. Still, in the midst of the chaos and danger that surrounded him, Ross flourished, first as a standout high school football player and then as a dope boy in Carol City’s notorious Matchbox housing projects. All the while he honed his musical talent, overcoming setback after setback
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir By Daniel R. Day
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ith his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time. Decade after decade, Dapper Dan discovered creative ways to flourish in a country designed to privilege certain Americans over others. He witnessed, profited from, and despised the rise of two drug epidemics. He invented stunningly bold credit card frauds that took him around the world. He paid neighborhood kids to jog with him in an effort to keep them out of the drug game. And when he turned his attention to fashion, he did so with the energy and curiosity with which he approaches all things: learning how to treat fur himself when no one would sell finished fur coats to
until a song called “Hustlin’” changed his life forever. From the making of “Hustlin’” to his first major label deal with Def Jam, to the controversy surrounding his past as a correctional officer and the numerous health scares, arrests and feuds he had to transcend along the way, Hurricanes is a revealing portrait of one of the biggest stars in the rap game, and an intimate look at the birth of an artist. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PBXRNJK/ ref=pe_375220_421466760_em_1p_2_lm
a Black man; finding the best dressed hustler in the neighborhood and converting him into a customer; staying open twentyfour hours a day for nine years straight to meet demand; and, finally, emerging as a world-famous designer whose looks went on to define an era, dressing cultural icons including Eric B. and Rakim, SaltN-Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, Mike Tyson, Alpo Martinez, LL Cool J, Jam Master Jay, Diddy, Naomi Campbell, and Jay-Z. By turns playful, poignant, thrilling, and inspiring, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem is a high-stakes comingof-age story spanning more than seventy years and set against the backdrop of an America where, as in the life of its narrator, the only constant is change. https://www.amazon.com/Dapper-Dan-Made-HarlemMemoir-ebook/dp/B07JD1F3YC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FJUALH 897Z19&keywords=dapper+dan+made+in+harlem&qid=15 63279650&s=digital-text&sprefix=dapper+dan+mad%2Cdig ital-text%2C150&sr=1-1
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Darkness to Light: A Memoir By Lamar Odom
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he world knows Lamar Odom as a two-time NBA world champion who rocketed to uncharted heights of fame thanks to being a member of both the storied Los Angeles Lakers and the ubiquitous Kardashian empire. But who is Lamar, really? Fans have long praised his accessibility and genuine everyman quality—he is a blinding talent who has suffered a series of heartaches, setback, and loss. But until now, his most candid moments have remained behind closed doors . . . sometimes face-down on the floor. In Darkness to Light, Lamar gives readers an intimate look into his life like never before. His exclusive and revealing memoir recounts the highs and lows of fame and his struggle with his demons along the way to self-discovery and redemption. From the pain of his unraveled marriage to Khloé Kardashian to the harmful vices he used to cope—and the near-death experience that made him rethink everything about his life—this is Lamar as you have never before seen him.
Let Love Have the Last Word: A Memoir By Common
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ommon believes that the phrase “let love have the last word” is not just a declaration; it is a statement of purpose, a daily promise. Love is the most powerful force on the planet and ultimately, the way you love determines who you are and how you experience life. Touching on God, self-love, partners, children, family, and community, Common explores the core tenets of love to help others understand what it means to receive and, most important, to give love. He moves from the personal—writing about his daughter, to whom he wants to be a better father—to the universal, where he observes that our society has become fractured under issues of race and politics. He knows there's no quick remedy for all of the hurt in the world, but love—for yourself and for others—is where the healing begins. Courageous, insightful, brave, and characteristically
Lamar brings basketball fans directly into the action of a game during the Lakers championship years. He shares his personal account of the lifelong passion that started as one shining light in a childhood marked by loss and led to his international fame as one of the most extraordinary athletes of all time. In this profoundly honest book, Lamar invites you to walk with him through the good times and bad, while looking ahead to a brighter future. www.amazon.com/Darkness-Light-Memoir-LamarOdom-ebook/dp/B07GL277JN?creativeASIN=B07GL2 77JN&linkCode=w50&tag=thedailybeast-autotag20&imprToken=6nRil.reCuTsVhwG.wbDiQ&slotNum=0
authentic, Let Love Have the Last Word shares Common’s own unique and personal stories of the people and experiences that have led to a greater understanding of love and all it has to offer. It is a powerful call to action for a new generation of open hearts and minds, one that is sure to resonate for years to come. www.amazon.com/Notes-Young-Black-Chef-Memoir/ dp/1524732621
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Notes From A Young Black Chef: A Memoir By Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein
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y the time he was twentys e v e n years old, Kwame Onwuachi had opened—and closed—one of the most talked about restaurants in America. He had launched his own catering company with twenty thousand dollars that he made from selling candy on the subway, yet he’d been told he would never make it on television because his cooking wasn’t “Southern” enough. In this inspiring memoir about the intersection of race, fame, and food, he shares the remarkable story of his
Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African By Lamin Sanneh
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ummoned from the Margin tells the story of Lamin Sanneh's fascinating journey from his upbringing in an impoverished village in West Africa to education in the United States and Europe to a distinguished career teaching at the Universities of Yale, Harvard, Aberdeen, and Ghana. He grew up in a polygamous household in The Gambia and attended a government-run Muslim boarding school. A chance encounter with Helen
culinary coming-of-age. Growing up in the Bronx, as a boy Onwuachi was sent to rural Nigeria by his mother to “learn respect.” However, the hard-won knowledge gained in Africa was not enough to keep him from the temptation and easy money of the streets when he returned home. But through food, he broke out of a dangerous downward spiral, embarking on a new Chef Onwuachi beginning at the bottom thepostglob.com of the culinary food chain as a chef on board a Deepwater Horizon cleanup ship, before going on to train in the kitchens of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country and appearing as a contestant on Top Chef. Onwuachi’s love of food and cooking remained a constant throughout, even when he found the road to success riddled with potholes. As a young chef, he was forced to grapple with just how unwelcoming the world of fine dining can be for people of color, and his first restaurant, the culmination of years of planning, shuttered just months after opening. A powerful, heartfelt, and shockingly honest story of chasing your dreams—even when they don’t turn out as you expected—Notes from a Young Black Chef is one man’s pursuit of his passions, despite the odds. www.amazon.com/Notes-Young-Black-Chef-Memoir/ dp/1524732621
Keller's autobiography taught him that education and faith are the key to overcoming physical and personal hardship and inspired his journey. Burning theological questions about God's nature and human suffering eventually led Sanneh to convert from Islam to Christianity and to pursue a career in academia. Here he recounts the unusually varied life experiences that have made him who he is today. https://www.amazon.com/Summoned-Margin-HomecomingLamin-Sanneh/dp/0802867421
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Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown
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aramo believes that culture is so much more than art museums and the ballet—it’s how people feel about themselves and others, how they relate to the world around them, and how their shared labels, burdens, and experiences affect their daily lives in ways both subtle and profound. Seen through this lens, Karamo is culture: his family is Jamaican and Cuban; he was raised in the South in predominantly white neighborhoods and attended an HBCU (Historically Black College/University); he was trained as a social worker and psychotherapist; he overcame personal issues of colorism, physical and emotional abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, and public infamy; he is a proud and dedicated gay single father of two boys, one biological and one adopted. It is by discussing deep
subjects like these, he feels, that the makeovers on the show can attain their full, lasting meaning. Styling your hair and getting new clothes and furniture are important, but it’s imperative that you figure out why you haven’t done so in twenty years so you can truly change your life. In this eyeopening and moving memoir, Karamo reflects on his lifelong education. It comprises every adversity he has overcome, as well as the lessons he has learned along the way. It is only by exploring our difficulties and having the hard conversations—with ourselves and one another—that we are able to adjust our mind-sets, heal emotionally, and move forward to live our best lives. Karamo shows us the way. www.amazon.com/Karamo-Story-Embracing-PurposeHealing/dp/1982111976/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=785464612079 00&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=karamo+bro wn+book&qid=1558152519&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valerie Jarrett
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hen Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House. Jarrett soon became Michelle and Barack Obama's trusted personal adviser and family confidante; in the White House, she was known as the one who "got" him and helped him engage his public life. Jarrett joined the White House team on January 20, 2009 and departed with the First
Family on January 20, 2017, and she was in the room--in the Oval Office, on Air Force One, and everywhere else--when it all happened. No one has as intimate a view of the Obama Years, nor one that reaches back as many decades, as Jarrett shares in Finding My Voice. Born in Iran (where her father, a doctor, sought a better job than he could find iin segregated t d America), A i ) Jarrett J t grew up in Chicago
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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays By Damon Young
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or Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as “How should I react here, as a professional black person?” and “Will this white person’s potato salad kill me?” are forever relevant. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker chronicles Young’s efforts to survive while battling and making sense of the various
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neuroses his country has given him. It’s a condition that’s sometimes stretched to absurd limits, provoking the angst that made him question if he was any good at the “being straight” thing, as if his sexual orientation was something he could practice and get better at, like a crossover dribble move or knitting; creating the farce where, as a teen, he wished for a white person to call him a racial slur just so he could fight him and have a great story about it; and generating the surreality of watching gentrification transform his Pittsburgh neighborhood from predominantly Black to “Portlandia . . . but with Pierogies.” And, at its most devastating, it provides him reason to believe that his mother would be alive today if she were white. From one of our most respected cultural observers, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker is a hilarious and honest debut that is both a celebration of the idiosyncrasies and distinctions of Blackness and a critique of white supremacy and how we define masculinity. https://www.amazon.com/What-Doesnt-Kill-MakesBlacker/dp/0062684302you can truly
in the 60s as racial and gender barriers were being challenged. A single mother stagnating in corporate law, she found her voice in Harold Washington's historic administration, where she began a remarkable journey, ultimately becoming one of the most visible and influential African-American women of the twentyfirst century. From her work ensuring equality for women and girls, advancing civil rights, reforming our criminal justice
system, and improving the lives of working families, to the real stories behind some of the most stirring moments of the Obama presidency, Jarrett shares her forthright, optimistic perspective on the importance of leadership and the responsibilities of citizenship in the twenty-first century, inspiring readers to lift their own voices. www.amazon.com/Finding-My-Voice-JourneyForward/dp/0525558136
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Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America by Dorothy Butler Gilliam
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ost civil rights victories are achieved behind the scenes, and this riveting, beautifully written memoir by a "black first" looks back with searing insight on the decades of struggle, friendship, courage, humor and savvy that secured what seems commonplace today-people of color working in mainstream media. Told with a pioneering n e w s p a p e r writer's charm and skill, Gilliam's full, fascinating life weaves her personal and professional experiences and media history into an engrossing tapestry. When we read about the death of her father Dorothy Butler Gilliam dailymail.co.uk and other formative events of her life, we glimpse the crippling impact of the segregated South before the civil rights movement when slavery's
legacy still felt astonishingly close. We root for her as a wife, mother, and ambitious professional as she seizes oncein-a-lifetime opportunities never meant for a "dark-skinned woman" and builds a distinguished career. We gain a comprehensive view of how the media, especially newspapers, affected the movement for equal rrights in this country. And in this humble, moving memoir, we see how an innovative and respected journalist and working mother helped provide opportunities for others. With the distinct voice of one who has worked for and witnessed immense progress and overcome heartwrenching setbacks, this book covers a wide swath of media history -- from the era of game-changing Negro newspapers like the Chicago Defender to the civil rights movement, feminism, and our current imperfect diversity. This timely memoir, which reflects the tradition of boot-strapping African American storytelling from the South, is a smart, contemporary consideration of the media. www.amazon.com/Trailblazer-Pioneering-Journalists-FightAmerica-ebook/dp/B07CWQ3394/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie= UTF8&qid=1549600672&sr=1-1&refinements=p_27%3ADo rothy+Butler+Gilliam
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Set The Table
Sweet Home Café Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking by NMAAHC, Jessica B. Harris, Albert Lukas A celebration of African American cooking with 109 recipes from the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Sweet Home Café
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ince the 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its Sweet Home Café has become a destination in its own right. Showcasing African American contributions to American cuisine, the café offers favorite dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, adding modern flavors and contemporary twists on classics. Now both readers and home cooks can partake of the café's bounty: drawing upon traditions of family and fellowship strengthened by shared meals, Sweet Home Café Cookbook celebrates African American cooking through recipes served by the café itself and dishes inspired by foods from African American culture. With 109 recipes, the sumptuous Sweet Home
Café Cookbook takes readers on a deliciously unique journey. Presented here are the salads, sides, soups, snacks, sauces, main dishes, breads, and sweets that emerged in America as African, Caribbean, and European influences blended together. Featured recipes include Pea Tendril Salad, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hoppin' John, Sénégalaise Peanut Soup, Maryland Crab Cakes, Jamaican Grilled Jerk Chicken, Shrimp & Grits, Fried Chicken and Waffles, Pan Roasted Rainbow Trout, Hickory Smoked Pork Shoulder, Chow Chow, Banana Pudding, Chocolate Chess Pie, and many others. More than a collection of inviting recipes, this book illustrates the pivotal--and often overlooked-role that African Americans have played in creating and re-creating American foodways. Offering a deliciously new perspective on African American food and culinary culture, Sweet Home Café Cookbook is an absolute must-have. www.amazon.com/Sweet-Home-Café-CookbookCelebration-ebook/dp/B07H1VBKS9/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8& qid=1545529687&sr=8-1&keywords=sweet+home+cafe
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Science
Letters From an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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strophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by revealing his correspondence with people across the globe who have sought him out in search of answers. In this hand-picked collection of 101 letters, Tyson draws upon cosmic perspectives to address a vast array of questions about science, faith, philosophy, life, and
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of course, Pluto. His succinct, opinionated, passionate, and often funny responses reflect his popularity and standing as a leading educator. Tyson’s 2017 bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry offered more than one million readers an insightful and accessible understanding of the universe. Tyson’s most candid and heartfelt writing yet, Letters from an Astrophysicist introduces us to a newly personal dimension of Tyson’s quest to explore
our place in the cosmos. www.amazon.com/Letters-Astrophysicist-Neil-deGrasseTyson/dp/1324003316/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1HM4KZTRMHS 0C&keywords=neil+degrasse+tyson+book&qid=15705094 32&s=books&sprefix=neil+de+gr%2Cstripbooks%2C186& sr=1-2
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World View
The World is Watching Edited by David Robinson, Alice Palmer, Edward “Buzz” Palmer
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art historical, part reflective essays, and interviews, The World Is Watching is a riveting and imperative autobiographical collection of international struggle, world travel and conversations, and remarkable and unfiltered interactions across languages, cultures, and continents. Edited by award-winning public administrator and former journalist David Robinson, former Illinois State Senator Alice Palmer, and former chair of the Chicago Sister City Committee (under Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer administrations) Edward “Buzz” Palmer. The latest book from Third World Press Foundation sheds light on “one of the un-discussed problems in the national and international Black world is our ignorance of foreign affairs,” says award-winning poet, professor, architect of the Black Arts Movement, and Third World Press Foundation founder and publisher Haki Madhubuti. “The deadly arrival of the 21st century requires an awakening of a newly expanded consciousness. We must not only be experienced street fighters but as our best scholars, historians, poets, business people, diplomats, teachers, artists, and political athletes clearly understand-we must engage in trenchlike and intellectual warfare simultaneously,”” expressed Haki. "This book holds up a mirror for Blackk Americans to see themselves through the e eyes of notable men and women outside e
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