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American Black Women of Achievement
Author: Rashad Hasan;

The Conspiracy to Destroy Black Women
Author: Michael Porter;

Are civil rights organizations and the church infested with sexism?  Why are the Black community and its leaders silent about rape?  What are so many male rappers trying to convey in their music about women?  How have some African American women struggled against racism and sexism? Is the future of the race in the hands of Black mothers? What are the challenges facing Black women in finding a good Black man?

 

Product image for ASIN: 047146306XSister Wisdom
Author: Patricia Reid-Merritt;

 
Product image for ASIN: 0375420177Maya Angelou
Author: Miles Shapiro
Product image for ASIN: 0791002519Madam C.J. Walker
Author: A'Lelia Perry Bun
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Product image for ASIN: 0791046915Coretta Scott King
Author: Lisa Renee Rhodes;
Product image for ASIN: 1933370025Josephine Baker
Author: Alan Schroeder;
Product image for ASIN: 0791018849Alice Walker
Author: Tony Gentry;
Product image for ASIN: 1567667414Barbara Jordan
Author: Rose Blue;
Product image for ASIN: 1584151293Venus Williams
Author: Sandy Asirvatham;
Product image for ASIN: 0313331650Vanessa Williams
Author: Suzanne Freedman;
Product image for ASIN: 0878754326Toni Morrison
Author: Douglas Century;
Product image for ASIN: 0516277839Mae Jemison
Author: Leeanne Gelletly;
Product image for ASIN: 0316144924Harriet Tubman
Author: Marian Taylor;
Product image for ASIN: 0385490356Zora Neale Hurston
Author: Paul Witcover;

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Good Brothers Looking for Good Sisters
Author: Jawanza Kunjufu;

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HEALTH

Satan, I'm Taking Back My Health!
DR. JAWANZA KUNJUFU

Jawanza Kunjufu is an angry man. Not just an angry man, rather he is an angry Christian. He understands that the ultimate blessing that God has given to man is good health. He's angry because from his observation many Christians are overlooking the importance of good health and the plan that God has given for a healthy, fulfilled life. Fortunately, Dr. Kunjufu has written perhaps the only book of its kind, a roadmap to good health and proper diet from a Christian perspective. Whether you are a Christian or not, this is a must have book if you want to change your life and take back your health! Good reading and healthy eating!
 

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POLITICAL

24 Reasons Why African Americans Suffer
JIMMY DUMAS

...An excellent analysis concerning the state of African Americans. Author Jimmy Dumas first acknowledges the
origin of the problem is racism. The beauty of the book is that the author not only points to what by now would
seem to be the obvious, but he directs focus on what strategies to implement for addressing the other 23 reasons as
well as the first...

 

What If Blacks Did Not Exist?
Author: Felix T. Ehui;

Product image for ASIN: 091354356XImagine what the world would be like without the contribution of the African... Think of all the contributions that Africans have made to humanity. Despite what some claim, the world as we know it could never have come into existence if there were no black people. More than just an idle hypothesis, Felix T. Ehui has demonstrated in his work what influences that the African has made in such areas such as religion, philosophy, the sciences, and the modern world. What we have been taught about ourselves is in total contrast to the reality of the African and our countless contributions all over the world. Anyone interested in dispelling some of the myths about what we have done and who we really are will definitely want to add this book to their library !

 

From Ghetto To Community
Author: Billy F. Vance;

How can African Americans earn $600 billion, possess two million

college graduates, and its communities look like ghettos? How do we change the mindset, values, and infrastructure of the Black community? Does the Black middle class live, work, spend, volunteer, or invest in the Black community?

 

 Saving Black America
Author: John Yancy, Ph.D. Odom;

Product image for ASIN: 0913543748* What is the economic plan for Black America?

* How can foreigners make more in the Black community than African Americans?

* What is the future for the NAACP, SCLC, Urban League, Push, and others?

* Do we need new leadership?

 

Race Code War
Author: Khari Enaharo;

Product image for ASIN: 0913543845Is it true that sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you?  How long and what will it take for us to value the beauty of a dark skin, thick lip, broad nose, short-haired female?  What has been the impact of a White image of Jesus? How do we protect ourselves from a racist curriculum and media?

 

It Ain't All Good
Why Black Men Should Not Date White Women
by John Johnson

Exploring the controversial subject and attraction of interracial relationships, this is a balanced analysis of the historical, cultural, and societal mores that influence these unions. Factors such as slavery and the perception of white women as "forbidden fruit," the preponderance of women with...

  • Why with a male shortage are Black men dating White women more than Black women dating White men?

  • Are Black women more loyal?

  • Why are Black men attracted to White women?

  • Do Black women want to look like White women?

  • What is good hair and pretty eyes? Is a lighter hue more attractive?

  • Are inter-racial relationships more successful?

 

Voices for the Future
BOB LAW


Product image for ASIN: 0913543578Voices For The Future is written by one of the most respected radio talk show hosts in the country. Over the years, Bob Law has heard pearls of wisdom from some of the best African American minds in the country. The topics range from religion, economics, history, education, politics, hip-hop culture, and male-female relationships. He brings wisdom and a perspective talk show radio has allowed him to see the success it has had in such victories as the Million Man and Woman marches, the election of numerous officials, boycotts, and rallies. Bob Law has used the "Voices", to become the consummate organizer to empower his people.

 

The Egyptian Philosophers
MOLEFI KETE ASANTE

Molefi Kete Asante has written a pioneering book to once again establish a new area of scholarship and discourse. Asante, the leading proponent of the Afrocentric idea, has taken his cue from numerous scholars of African and African American Studies in delving into the discourse of the first human philosophers. ...An extraordinary contribution and a "must have" addition to anyone interested in serious and factual African and African American Studies. 

Those who work with youth are perplexed about the hip-hop culture's influence on today's African American teens. This book provides an in-depth look at this culture, its values, fashion trends, music, secularity, and view of the future. Implications of hip-hop on academic achievement, family...

 

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EDUCATION

Closing the Racial Academic Achievement Gap
Author: Matthew Lynch;

Closing the Racial Academic Achievement GapWith the arrival of the No Child Left Behind act, the so-called "racial achievement gap" has attracted more concern and controversy than ever before. According to this timely analysis, the myth of the racial achievement gap has nothing to do with genetics—and everything to do a host of embarrassing yet reversible social and pedagogical failures, including low teacher expectations, unrealistic time tables for learning goals, irrelevant curricula, ineffectual teaching methods, careless administrators, poor parental involvement, negative peer groups, and self-esteem issues. For every problem raised, the text offers a level-headed solution, culminating in a plan for closing the supposed racial achievement gap for good.

 

Can Black Mothers Raise Our Sons?
"HOW TO RAISE BLACK SONS"
LAWSON BUSH V

Sure to become a "controversial" topic of discussion, this offering takes a look at what may well be the survival question of the African American community for the new millennium. What will be the future of our race when the number of father abandoned Black boys reaches the critical mass?  Are we as a community placing an unfair burden on single Black mothers to continue to raise our sons without the benefit of a positive male presence in the home? Lawson Bush V has called upon the voices of twenty seven mothers who are succeeding at the task at hand...
Basic Black
by Karen Grigsby Bates

Home Training Some call it good manners; in African American vernacular, it's called "home training." With Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times, media freelancers Karen Grigsby Bates and Karen Elyse Hudson provide a modern African American alternative to Emily Post and Miss Manners.

 

 

Product image for ASIN: 0974900028Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education
Author: Jawanza Kunjufu;

 

 

 Boy's Passage, Man's Journey
Author: Brian D. Molitor;

As someone who has taught, written, and seen firsthand the incredible benefits of ?blessing? children, I love Brian Molitor?s book. Step by step, he?ll show you how to put together a rite of passage ceremony that can be a life-changing event for you and your son. In years to come, you and your...

 

Yo, Little Brother
ANTHONY DAVIS, JEFFREY JACKSON

Yo, Little Brother is an excellent and much needed book for African American males and all those concerned about their plight. This book explores question such as:
 

  • Why are more African American males in prison than college?

  • Why does an African American male have a greater life expectancy in Africa than America?

Yo, Little Brother is filled with wisdom to keep the African American male alive, sane, prospering, and developing into his full potential.

 

Sisters Helping Sisters
MADELEINE E. WRIGHT

This book is should be be called " How to take an African American child and turn them into a productive well-rounded adult" A very well thought out offering, Dr. Wright has authored what should be considered a must-have volume in every African American home. She has outlined a right of passage, not only for the female child, but for the male child as well. Through a series of proven programs both inside and outside the church , Dr. Wright has a legitimate solution to the so-called crisis in the black family. Very inspiring, and very useful. Sisters helping Sisters will go down as a masterpiece...

 

How to Teach Math to Black Students
by Shahid Muhammad

Intended for parents and teachers of African American students, this book provides strategies for correcting the racial achievement gap in upper-grade mathematics. Advice is provided on instilling confidence in African American students and on teaching math in a less sterile and theoretical way....

 

Hip Hop Street Curriculum
by Jawanza Kunjufu

Refuting the myths that black youth are unable to excel at academics and are limited to careers in professional sports, rap music, or drug dealing, this motivational book aims to engage teens by bridging the gap between school and hip hop culture. Topics such as the ability for many youths to

 

Critical Issues in Educating African American Youth

by Jawanza Kunjufu

 How can a single, low-income parent produce a high achieving student? If the tests are culturally biased, how do Asian Americans outperform everyone else? Find the answers to these and more probing questions.

 

 

From Roots to Wings
Author: Dr. James Young;

Why Darkness Matters represents the work of a group of African-American neuroscientists whose scholarship presses the Boundaries of what call “fearless studies” 

Merging theory with practical advice, this guide recognizes the unique challenges facing African American parents and offers successful parenting strategies to overcome them. Peer pressure, television, and rap music seem to be socializing today's black youth, but this book argues that parental attention is more powerful. Case studies and other research look at expectations, listening, goal-setting, careful time management, nutrition, attention to academics and grades, consistency, prayer, and quality time, and their effectiveness in strong black families.

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CHILDREN

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Grandma's Ashanti Cloth
Author: Maria McNaught;

 

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A Man Called Garvey
Author: Paloma Mohamed;

 

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RIGHTS OF PASSAGE

Style over Substance
RON MILLS, B.A., L.S.W. ALLEN HUFF, M.S.S.A., L.I.S.W.

An insightful and in-depth look at the African American teenage "subculture". Like it or not, these future leaders of our community have developed what has been referred to as their own infrastructure, complete with their own set of rules and codes of survival and economics. What the authors have done is to break down the issues that have many of us confused about "where our youth are headed", analyzed the "problem" (or if one exists), and finally offered solutions of substance.  Should be a part of the library in any home with African American teenagers.

These authors have provided a rare and fresh look at the way we view African American teenagers. The assumptions many of us make about they way in which these teenagers view their purpose are completly unjustified, The book outlines how the teenagers form their thoughts and provides constructive methods of response in order to get the results we want from this group, we are beginning to fear. The theory oultined in the book has allowed me to work with families and help them to understand their children. We need to offer these authors a thanks from the entire profession of social work

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RELIGIOUS

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Adam Where Are You? Why Most Black Men Don't Go to Church

by Jawanza Kunjufu

 

Why is the church 75 percent female? What are 21 reasons why "he" is not there? How can we bring the Black man back to God?

A Challenge to the Black Church
by Rev. Earl Trent Jr.

This insightful analysis raises questions about the black church and its impact on black society. Interwoven with scripture, this text addresses such complex and passionately debated issues as Is the black church leading the movement in the new millennium?

  • Is the Black church as involved today as during the civil rights era?

  • Has the Black church become middle class?

  • Why is the divorce rate so high in the church?

  • Is the worship service geared toward the 65-year-old female or the 16-year-old brother?

 

Black Theology, Black Power, & Black Love
Author: Michael James;

What were the spiritual similarities and differences between King and Malcom? Could James Cone's Black Theology have brought them together?

 

 

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BLACK HISTORY

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Brain Quest Black History
Author: Workman Publishing;

 

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Black Heritage Brain Quest Extra
Author: Veronica Robertson;

 

Product image for ASIN: 0761123555Brain Quest
Author: Barbara C.

Black History Quiz Book  
A Look Back at the 20th Century

Test Your Knowledge of African-American History!

Oklahoma City, OK - The pursuit of historical data fascinate Americans. Black history is a part of American history that was distorted and/or omitted from written records and textbooks. Traditionally, the history of America's growth has excluded the significant roles of Black American women and men, specifically their contributions and achievements. The Black History Quiz Book - A look Back At The 20th Century is a very fascinating book that answers the call for often overlooked information. It provides readers with an eye-opening education about the accomplishments of Black Americans.

 

Great Negroes PAST AND PRESENT
Volume II - Jawanza Kunjufu Erica Myles Nichelle Wilson

The world famous "almanac" of some of the greatest contributors to civilization has been updated to include contemporary heroes and heroines and their relevant areas of human achievement and contribution.  From Chiek Anta Diop to Johnny Cochran, Dr. John` Henry Clark to Michael Jordan, Lena Horne to Mae Jemison, this series has them all, plus many more notables. Volume two is a welcome edition to the original Great Negroes Past and Present. A definite self esteem builder and testament to the contributions that Africans continue to make to this culture and society.
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
by John Henrik Clarke

 

African-American Pioneer Inventors, Innovators and Science
Author: Rashad Hasan;

cover.jpg (35790 bytes)Black History Playing Card Deck
A unique collection of cards featuring distinguished Black Americans

 

African-American Firsts

African American Firsts
Famous Little Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America
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 by Joan Potter

 

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