The Black Diary
The Black Diary

Author: Ariel Richardson

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2016-06-25

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 1524513172

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Ariel Richardson is a small-town country girl that has been through hell and back when it comes to dealing with everyday life experiences. Shes going through physical and mental abuse with Jerry, who eventually becomes her babys daddy. Annie betrays their friendship numerous of times due to jealousy. Kel is a liar and tells Angela everything she needs to hear to get her to be with him and becomes the daddy of baby number two. Since high school, Alisa has been a friend and is now considered a bestie. She helps build her self-esteem, boosts her ego, and makes sure she knows shes always there for her no matter what. Due to past relationships, Ariel decides to take a break from dating but meets Rome in the process, who turns out to be a manipulative con artist. Her attraction to the wrong men is causing her to have trust issues, and Ronnie coming along dont make it no better. He changes the game up on her. Ariel has been through a lot and is still going through it. It seems like the storm just wont go away for her. Although it seems that way she still manages to have faith, believes that everything happens for a reason, and prays.

Notes from a Black Woman's Diary
Notes from a Black Woman's Diary

Author: Kathleen Collins

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2019-02-05

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 0062800965

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Relatively unknown during her life, the artist, filmmaker, and writer Kathleen Collins emerged on the literary scene in 2016 with the posthumous publication of the short-story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Said Zadie Smith, “To be this good and yet to be ignored is shameful, but her rediscovery is a great piece of luck for us.” That rediscovery continues in Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary, which spans genres to reveal the breadth and depth of the late author’s talent. The compilation is anchored by more of Collins’s striking short stories, which explore the ways in which relationships both are formed and come undone. Also collected here is the work Collins wrote for the screen and stage, including the screenplay of her pioneering film Losing Ground and the script for The Brothers, which powerfully illuminate the particular joys, challenges, and heartbreaks rendered by the African American experience. And finally, it is in Collins’s raw and prescient diaries that her nascent ideas about race, gender, marriage, and motherhood first play out on the page. By turns empowering, exuberant, sexy, and poignant, Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary is a brilliant compendium of the works of an inimitable talent, and a rich portrait of a writer hard at work.

Diary of a Contraband
Diary of a Contraband

Author: William Benjamin Gould

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9780804747080

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The heart of this book is the remarkable Civil War diary of the author’s great-grandfather, William Benjamin Gould, an escaped slave who served in the United States Navy from 1862 until the end of the war. The diary vividly records Gould’s activity as part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia; his visits to New York and Boston; the pursuit to Nova Scotia of a hijacked Confederate cruiser; and service in European waters pursuing Confederate ships constructed in Great Britain and France. Gould’s diary is one of only three known diaries of African American sailors in the Civil War. It is distinguished not only by its details and eloquent tone (often deliberately understated and sardonic), but also by its reflections on war, on race, on race relations in the Navy, and on what African Americans might expect after the war. The book includes introductory chapters that establish the context of the diary narrative, an annotated version of the diary, a brief account of Gould’s life in Massachusetts after the war, and William B. Gould IV’s thoughts about the legacy of his great-grandfather and his own journey of discovery in learning about this remarkable man.

Emilie Davis’s Civil War
Emilie Davis’s Civil War

Author: Judith Giesberg

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2016-06-08

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0271064315

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Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived in Philadelphia during the Civil War. She worked as a seamstress, attended the Institute for Colored Youth, and was an active member of her community. She lived an average life in her day, but what sets her apart is that she kept a diary. Her daily entries from 1863 to 1865 touch on the momentous and the mundane: she discusses her own and her community’s reactions to events of the war, such as the Battle of Gettysburg, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the assassination of President Lincoln, as well as the minutiae of social life in Philadelphia’s black community. Her diaries allow the reader to experience the Civil War in “real time” and are a counterpoint to more widely known diaries of the period. Judith Giesberg has written an accessible introduction, situating Davis and her diaries within the historical, cultural, and political context of wartime Philadelphia. In addition to furnishing a new window through which to view the war’s major events, Davis’s diaries give us a rare look at how the war was experienced as a part of everyday life—how its dramatic turns and lulls and its pervasive, agonizing uncertainty affected a northern city with a vibrant black community.

Diary of a Young Black Girl
Diary of a Young Black Girl

Author: Lora Mitchell

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780997678604

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Diary of a Young Black Girl is a book of poetry that tells the stories and speaks to the experiences of young black women. The hope is that it will inspire others to share their stories and learn to express themselves through their creative outlets. This book goes into the heart of the author as she writes on topics such as love, politics, justice, and God. Join her on the journey through this groundbreaking new book.

The Real Men In Black
The Real Men In Black

Author: Nick Redfern

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Published: 2011-06-15

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1601636695

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An investigation into the legendary black-garbed entities from the “Brit with a knack for ferreting out all the dope on outrageous subjects” (Jim Marrs, bestselling author of Alien Agenda). The Men in Black were elevated to superstar status in 1997 in the hit movie of the same name. Although the Hollywood blockbuster was fiction, the real Men in Black have consistently attempted to silence the witnesses of UFO and paranormal phenomena since the 1950s. In The Real Men in Black, author Nick Redfern delves deep into the mysterious world of these mysterious operatives. He reveals their origins and discusses classic cases, previously unknown reports, secret government files, and the many theories that have been presented to explain the mystery. Highlights of The Real Men in Black include: The story of Albert Bender, the first man to claim an encounter with the Men in Black The involvement of the MIB in the Mothman saga that dominated the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the 1960s Encounters with the MIB at the site of one of the world’s most famous monsters: Loch Ness Exclusive interviews with leading researchers of the MIB phenomenon.

Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Author: Victoria Nkong

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781719869454

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This is a memoir that chronicles the different sides of a highly productive woman who continues to achieve her goals against all odds, explaining how she deals with the many