Black Ice

Black Ice

Author: Lorene Cary

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1992-02-04

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0679737456

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In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for future American leaders. Like any good student, she was determined to succeed. But Cary was also determined to succeed without selling out. This wonderfully frank and perceptive memoir describes the perils and ambiguities of that double role, in which failing calculus and winning a student election could both be interpreted as betrayals of one's skin. Black Ice is also a universally recognizable document of a woman's adolescence; it is, as Houston Baker says, "a journey into selfhood that resonates with sober reflection, intellignet passion, and joyous love."


God's Forever Family

God's Forever Family

Author: Larry Eskridge

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2013-07-18

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0195326458

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The Jesus People were an unlikely combination of evangelical Christianity and the hippie counterculture. God's Forever Family is the first major examination of this phenomenon in over thirty years.


Stolen Childhood

Stolen Childhood

Author: Wilma King

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780253211866

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"King provides a jarring snapshot of children living in bondage. This compellingly written work is a testament to the strength and resilience of the children and their parents".--"Booklist". "King's deeply researched, well-written, passionate study places children and young adults at center stage in the North American slave experience".--"Choice". 16 photos.


American Sphinx

American Sphinx

Author: Joseph J. Ellis

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1998-11-19

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 0375727469

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings; the enemy of government power who exercisdd it audaciously as president; the visionarty who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.


Hope in Hard Times

Hope in Hard Times

Author: Timothy Kelly

Publisher: Penn State University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780271074665

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Explores the history of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, originally known as Westmoreland Homesteads, which was founded in 1934 as part of the New Deal homestead subsistence program.


Building Your Mental Balance Sheet

Building Your Mental Balance Sheet

Author: Morton Fleischer

Publisher:

Published: 2018-12-28

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9781792056529

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Morton Fleischer has written a book that is focused on the mind roadmap steps he has followed to become a successful entrepreneur and businessman. From his beginnings as a janitor in the local dime store store to now, he has formed more than twenty real estate companies, taking three of them public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). He is an experienced financier, entrepreneur and real estate investor who has chosen to spend his "twilight" years trying to address the "sticky" problem of bringing the economically disadvantaged into the mainstream of America through education. He is the sponsor of "Fleischer Scholars" which is currently being implemented at three universities (Arizona State University, the University of Arkansas, and Washington University in St. Louis). The Fleischer Scholars Program is a week-long in person summer Enrichment program that assists high school students entering their senior year in making the transition to college. Scholars are provided a unique opportunity to experience college life, entrepreneurship, and business during a week-long residential program. While "Building Your Mental Balance Sheet" was written with the students specifically in mind, it can be applied at any age and in any circumstance. The book combines KNOWLEDGE with a MIND ROADMAP to guide students to success in business and life. It utilizes a "Three-Legged Stool" as the basis for programming their minds to move beyond their current life situation, obtain a college education, become master adaptive learners, enjoy success, and then go back into their communities as leaders and role models. "Dear Mort: You are truly a man for all seasons. Your fine book should ideally be included in high-school curricula nation-wide. Most of today's young generation has no idea that free enterprise made America great!" - William F


If Sons, Then Heirs

If Sons, Then Heirs

Author: Lorene Cary

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1451610238

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"If sons, then heirs" sheds light on a uniquely American, largely untold story of African American land ownership, the outmigration from the South, racial violence, and the consequences of past decisions on present realities. A woman who abandoned her son faces the prospect of a reunion, while a young single mother hopes for a commitment from her boyfriend and a young man searches for answers about his parentage.


Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century

Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century

Author: Lorene Cary

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 0393635899

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“Radiant.” —O, The Oprah Magazine From cherished memories of childhood weekends with Nana to the reality of the year she spent “ladysitting,” Lorene Cary journeys through stories of their time together and five generations of their African American family. Weaving a narrative of her complicated relationship with Nana—a fiercely independent and often stubborn woman whose family fled the Jim Crow South and who managed her own business until 100—Cary captures the ruptures, love, and forgiveness that can occur in family as she bears witness to her grandmother’s vibrant life.


Show Way

Show Way

Author: Jacqueline Woodson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-09-08

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 0399237496

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Winner of a Newbery Honor! Soonie's great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways -- maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on this knowledge. And generations later, Soonie -- who was born free -- taught her own daughter how to sew beautiful quilts to be sold at market and how to read. From slavery to freedom, through segregation, freedom marches and the fight for literacy, the tradition they called Show Way has been passed down by the women in Jacqueline Woodson's family as a way to remember the past and celebrate the possibilities of the future. Beautifully rendered in Hudson Talbott's luminous art, this moving, lyrical account pays tribute to women whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters' lives.