General African- American Studies - Interest | African-American Studies - Interest
Jun.18.2012
Black Cool explores the ineffable state and aesthetic of Black Cool. From the effortless reserve of Miles Davis in khakis on an early album cover, to the shock of resistance in black women’s fashion from Angela Davis to Rihanna, to the cadence of poets as diverse as Staceyann Chin and Audre...
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Oct.19.2011
The Trouble With Change is a suspenseful crime story about a college student, Sondra Taylor, who dreams of being the first in her family to graduate from college. With little money in her pocket, and a meager scholarship to school in the city, she sets out against the odds to do so. ...
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Oct.19.2011
Checkered Fences is a heartwarming romance about a high school student, Diane Jones, who dreams of her independence and becoming the first in her family to complete college, unlike her mother who married at just thirteen years old. However, Diane’s old fashion father has other plans for Diane...
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Aug.03.2011
The Clementine Camille Trilogy is the story of a young African-American girl who at age 15 falls in love with a young Caucasian-American boy. The novel chronicles their lives together as they face the hard facts of American racism, maturity and achievement in the complex social and psychological...
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Oct.14.2009
With a Foreword by Robert J. Thompson Her image is iconic: Oprah Winfrey has built an empire on her ability to connect with and inspire her audience. No longer just a name, "Oprah" has become a brand representing the talk show host's unique style of self-actualizing individualism. The...
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Jun.30.2009
A story of cross-cultural love and redemption set in East Africa. Zachye Katura, tending cattle in the grasslands of Kaaro Karungi, and Michael Lacey, the child of missionaries, are happy in their childhood idyll. But the world around them is changing, propelling them towards tragedy.Haunted by...
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Sep.28.2008
Amina, a young West African woman stolen from her village, is on a slave ship when she discovers that she is pregnant. She soon realizes that this is no ordinary baby, and after arriving in America, she gives birth to Ekundayo, a young man sent by the creator god Amma, the master of life and death...
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Sep.19.2008
Every ethnic group has unique and varied talents that are innately given to us by God. There comes an appointed time when God, who gave the gifts and talents, has need of them and gives opportunity for every person to give them to His service. I believe the time has specifically come to the black...
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Sep.19.2008
This book deals with the present effects of bondage that comes through systems that benefit by the categorization and enslavement of people, especially black people. Freedom cannot be legislated nor can it be obtained through systems of men. Freedom is something deeply rooted in the Spirit....
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Sep.18.2008
"Chosen - Not Cursed!", is a treatise on Biblical Black History. It dismisses the myth that blacks are a cursed race. "Chosen - Not Cursed!" was one of the first books written from a perspective of Scriptural Black History that received national and international attention.
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