This book is about a PROUD, SMART, ENERGETIC, MELANATED girl explaining to her little sister, six years her junior, about how proud she is of her HIGHLY MELANATED skin! The youth hangs on her mother's every word, sharing some of the secrets her mother has passed to her about the important roles and power MELANIN beholds. That makes her feel like a SUPERHERO in her skin! Having overcome past bullying challenges because of her EUMELANATED complexion, she expresses self-love, strength and feels empowered by the knowledge her mother passes to her despite other's opinions about her. She passes this prideful, invincible energy of self-love and awareness down to her little sister as she recounts her mother's edifying words.
The My Melanin Is Poppin' Book of Activities + Affirmations will keep your child busy for hours! This fun book is filled with word searches, coloring pages, tracing sheets, affirmations, and more. Follow the authors' page for more books in this series.
Latarsha Woods first wrote My Melanin Is Poppin' On My Beautiful Brown Skin as a poem to encourage her daughters Destiny, Trinity, and Serenity to celebrate their differences and likes. Since then, Latarsha Woods has transformed this beautiful poem into a children's book for other brown-skinned boys and girls around the world. Combating the stereotypes of colorism, this inspirational book will encourage girls and boys of color to love their beautiful brown skin.đ¤đ¤
Chrissy is a 6-year-old girl who embarks upon a journey of seeking answers about her skin tone. After noticing that her mother, Teresa, is much lighter than she is, Chrissy is confused about her mother's racial identity. Her mother, Teresa, educates, uplifts, and bestows knowledge upon Chrissy so she can then teach others about the beautiful term called "melanin". Chrissy learns that there are many different shades of brown and that her melanin is indeed poppin'!
Tianna Thompson story continues as her life takes an unexpected change. She is keeping a secret learned after her ex-boyfriend, Mark brutally attacked her. Jamal is the only one that knows her secret and he will do anything for her. But will the consequences of what she's hiding destroy their friendship or bring them closer together? Tasha has uncovered Tianna's secret and revealed it to her brother Jackson. Jackson is in town to find the truth as he and Jamal continue to vie for Tiannaâs love. Tasha, Jamal, and Jackson, the characters in Tar Baby are back in Tar Baby 2 to continue Tiannaâs story.
In this analysis of social history, examine the complex lineage of America's oppression of Black companionship. According to the 2010 US census, more than seventy percent of Black women in America are unmarried. Black Women, Black Love reveals how four centuries of laws, policies, and customs have created that crisis. Dianne Stewart begins in the colonial era, when slave owners denied Blacks the right to marry, divided families, and, in many cases, raped enslaved women and girls. Later, during Reconstruction and the ensuing decades, violence split up couples again as millions embarked on the Great Migration north, where the welfare system mandated that women remain single in order to receive government support. And no institution has forbidden Black love as effectively as the prison-industrial complex, which removes Black men en masse from the pool of marriageable partners. Prodigiously researched and deeply felt, Black Women, Black Love reveals how white supremacy has systematically broken the heart of Black America, and it proposes strategies for dismantling the structural forces that have plagued Black love and marriage for centuries.
The Science of Black Hair is the ultimate consumer textbook on black hair care. Technically oriented and detailed throughout, this book was written with the serious hair care consumer in mind. Hair science, research and testimony combine in this carefully written text designed to examine black hair on a deeper level. With its light academic style it is truly the last hair book you'll ever need. Readers will learn how to: * Maintain chemically-treated or natural hair in optimal health. * Stop hair breakage with a novel, protein/moisture balancing method. * Regulate product pH balance for shinier, more manageable hair. * Grow their hair longer, stronger and healthier for life! Additional Features * Regimen Builder with extensive product listings * Ingredients glossary * Interviews * Real photos of hair at the microscopic level Are you ready to stop battling your hair? Win the war against breakage. Forever. The Science of Black Hair: A Comprehensive Guide to Textured Hair Care combines research with testimony in an authoritative reference text dedicated to the care of black hair- relaxed or natural. This powerful book introduces readers to a comprehensive healthy hair care strategy for achieving beautifully radiant hair regardless of hair type. Black hair structure, properties, and maintenance methods are carefully outlined throughout this go-to reference book to give you the tools you need to improve the health and look of your hair, TODAY. The Science of Black Hair Chapter 1: Scalp and Hair Structure, Function, and Characteristics Chapter 2: Textured Hair Properties & Principles Chapter 3: Understanding Hair Growth and Damage for Healthier Hair Care Chapter 4: What's Your Hair Care Regimen? Chapter 5: Hair Product Selection Basics Chapter 6: Protein & Moisture Balancing Strategies for Breakage Correction and Defense Chapter 7: Getting Started with a Healthy Hair Care Product Regimen Chapter 8: Low-Manipulation Hair Maintenance Strategies Chapter 9: Coloring Textured Hair Chapter 10: Chemically Relaxing Textured Hair Chapter 11: Transitioning from Relaxed to Natural Hair Chapter 12: Regimen-Building Considerations for Kids Chapter 13: How Our Health Affects Our Hair Chapter 14: Working Out on a Healthy Hair-Care Regimen Chapter 15: Final Thoughts
Conquer the Soil profiles 45 hidden figures of horticultureâthe Black men and women whose accomplished careers in the plant world are little known or untold. Among them are Wormley Hughes, an enslaved African-American who was head gardener at Monticello and dug Jeffersonâs grave; Annie Vann Reid, an ex-teacher turned entrepreneur in South Carolina who owned a five-acre greenhouse and nursery in the 1940s that sold millions of plants and seeds; and David August Williston, a graduate of Cornell University and the first African-American landscape architect, a student of Liberty Hyde Bailey, and the designer of the Tuskegee University campus. The lively text is enriched by illustrations of each individual, making this a beaituful package. In Conquer the Soil, Abra Lee--a rising star in the plant world--gives these women and men the spotlight they deserve and enriches our collective understanding of the history of horticulture.
A Muslim womanâs searingly honest memoir of her journey toward self-acceptance as she comes to see her body as a symbol of rebellion and hopeâand chooses to live her life unapologetically Ever since she was little, Leah Vernon was told what to believe and how to act. There wasnât any room for imperfection. âGoodâ Muslim girls listened more than they spoke. They didnât have a missing father or a mother with a mental disability. They didnât have fat bodies or grow up wishing they could be like the white characters they saw on TV. They didnât have husbands who abused and cheated on them. They certainly didnât have secret abortions. In Unashamed, Vernon takes to task the myth of the perfect Muslim woman with frank dispatches on her love-hate relationship with her hijab and her faith, race, weight, mental health, domestic violence, sexuality, the millennial world of dating, and the process of finding her voice. She opens up about her tumultuous adolescence living at the poverty line with her fiercely loving but troubled mother, her absent dad, her siblings, and the violent dissolution of her 10-year marriage. Tired of the constant policing of her clothing in the name of Islam and Western beauty standards, Vernon reflects on her experiences with hustling paycheck to paycheck, body-shaming, and redefining what it means to be a âgoodâ Muslim. Irreverent, youthful, and funny, Unashamed gives anyone who is marginalized permission to live unapologetic, confident lives. âVernonâs determined advocacy for body positivity as a feminist and mental health issue, and her painful journey to self-acceptance, are moving and powerful, forcing readers to examine their own preconceptions about beauty standards and health.â âBooklist
YOU, you⌠God thinks about you. God was thinking of you long before your debut. From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly. Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into Godâs divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves. âCause when God made YOU, somehow God knew That the world needed someone exactly like you!
