A collection of songs, stories, poems, cartoons, and essays about the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Covering such subjects as body image, dating, speaking one's mind, dealing with the opposite sex, and self-acceptance, this book features contributions from a diverse group of female role models including singer Natalie Merchant, cartoonist ...
Coretta Scott King Honor winner Tonya Bolden focuses her critical eye on Martin Luther King, Jr., bringing words and pictures together to tell the life story of one of America's greatest figures in an inspirational, one-of-a-kind biography. Full color.
Based on an actual memoir written by Maritcha Rimond Lyons, who was born in New York City, this poignant story tells what it was like to be a black child born free during the days of slavery. Includes photographs of Maritcha, her family, and friends, as well as archival and contemporary maps, photographs, and illustrations.
It started with a difficult childhood in Chicago, wild teenage ways, and nights as a fifty dollar performer in raucous clubs. Then came Rufus and the first hits, a solo career, and the addicition that so often accompany superstardom. But Chaka fought back and beat her demons - physical, emotional, and spiritual. Today, she's herself at last, with ...
This book is ideal for anyone interested in learning more about girls and women in the United States from the 18th century to the present. Featuring contributions from a wide variety of women, including well-known nonfiction writers, a children's librarian, historians, and many more, this latest addition to the 33 Things series provides an ...
This book highlights influential and important African American 20th-century artists, from those of the early part of the century who were actively discouraged from pursuing their talent, to important participants in the Harlem Renaissance to modern and contemporary artists. The text also includes sidebars highlighting individual pictures and ...
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, perhaps best known for his seminal work The Souls of Black Folk and as the founding editor of the NAACPas groundbreaking magazine The Crisis, was ever a soul in motion for justice. Whether he was protesting Jim Crow laws and lynch mobs in the Deep South, advocating for the end of European Colonialism, or ...
This collection of 20 profiles of influential African-Americans features such people as Frederick Douglass, Judith Jamison, Thurgood Marshall, and Ruth Simmons. Illustrations accompany the text.
Legendary singing star Dionne Warwick presents an inspiring and entertaining children's picture book and CD that encourages kids to find their best talent in life and embrace it. 'Little D' is ambling through childhood like any other little kid - enjoying her family and neighbours, her pet dog, her hobbies, and school - when one day she discovers ...
In her moving homage to the black church, Bolden has written a poem spanning centuries of oppression, freedom, prejudice, and joy. From times when slaves worshipped secretly in fields at night to the grand city churches of today, the church has been there to help its community, inspire its congregants, and to teach what is possible when people ...
Muhammad Ali is one of the world's best-known figures, and this incredible biography delves into precisely why. Bolden's careful research and elegant telling, paired with Christie's incredible paintings, make this a book that will inform and inspire readers of all ages. Illustrations.
As a popular TV and radio personality and author and spokesperson for the American Diabetes Association's African-American Initiative, Mother Love tells the story of how she embraced a healthier lifestyle . . . before it was too late. Full color and b&w photos throughout.
The 1940's was a time when society thought it improper for women to make a sax wail or let loose hot licks on skins, but with the advent of World War II and many men away fighting the war, women finally got their chance to strut their stuff on the bandstand. These all-girl bands kept morale high on the homefront and on USO tours of miltary bases ...
A selection of Doubleday Direct's African American Book Club "Indispensable." -Emerge"Bolden has assembled a most rewarding cast and done a splendid job of telling their stories." -Herb Boyd, coeditor, Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in AmericaAn epic, evocative history-from Jamestown to the Million Man MarchIn over 100 unforgettable profiles ...
In this inspirational book, TV and radio personality Mother Love, famous for helping people who are seeking forgiveness, shares anecdotes from her professional and personal life to enlighten readers to the tremendous power of forgiveness.
In a warm, personal voice, Tonya Bolden explores what it has meant to be young and black in America. From the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown, through the Revolution, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the fight for civil rights, right on up to our own time, Bolden brings to light how black children have worked and played, ...
After the destruction of the Civil War, the United States faced the immense challenge of rebuilding a ravaged South and incorporating millions of freed slaves into the life of the nation. On April 11, 1865, President Lincoln introduced his plan for reconstruction, warning that the coming years would be "fraught with great difficulty." Three days ...
The dramatic story of the heroism of African Americans throughout history--from Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell--is brought to life in this adaptation for young readers that captures the spirit that drove these Americans to better their lives and demand of themselves the highest form of sacrifice. 8-page photo insert.
A wedding planner to the rich, famous, and fabulous reveals her secrets in a new book that will help every couple fulfill their greatest wedding daydreams.
Among the 150 extraordinary African-American women featured here are Cioncoin, a slave turned plantation owner; Annie Davis, who was Lincoln's pen pal; Victoria Earle Matthews, a journalist, club woman and mission founder; and Lucie Eddie Campbell, the "Mother of Gospel Music." Reprint. 20,000 first
Biographical portraits of ten African-American women, including Leontyne Price, Toni Morrison, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, depict strength of character during times of slavery and prejudice.
The history of black women in America is one of adversity as well as of reaching, stretching, and striving to succeed. Here are the stories of ten women from ordinary beginnings who overcame racism and sexism, from escaped slave Ellen Craft to Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Photos.
Beryl is 10 when she discovers that she and her older sister, Randy, have different fathers. A trip down south for a family reunion helps Beryl to come to terms with this family secret.
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