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Dear Black King

Author : Ty Nesha

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Page : 76 pages

File Size : 35,54 MB

Release : 2021-02-12

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Dear Black King is for the Black Man centering on how far he has come, not how far he has to go. Dear Black King implores the King to rise above the dissonance. It is a tome that speaks to men with love through twenty-one days of affirmations. These affirmations empower, uplift, and reassure the Black Kings on a transformative journey amid their day-to-day struggles. Dear Black King aims to feed the Black man's soul with expressions of insight from real-world narratives and valuable methods to re-instill confidence in their lives as they take on the world and its unrealistic expectations. Dear Black King articulates to the Black Man their authority to step into their role and flourish. It is a call to empower and uplift the black man with encouragement and twenty-one days of daily verbal exercises. Dear Black King aspires that Black Men will continue to thrive and pour into others through this journey.



Dear Black Boy

Author : Martellus Bennett

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 23,75 MB

Release : 2025-01-14

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 071129707X

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An inspirational picture book rich in sports metaphor, Dear Black Boy is a letter of encouragement to boys of color.



Dear Black Queen

Author : Ty Nesha

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Page : 74 pages

File Size : 37,70 MB

Release : 2021-02-23

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Dear Black Queen is a mirror to the book "Dear Black King, Can I Fix Your Tilted Crown?" It comes infused with love letters, expressions of insight, real-world narratives, and valuable methods to bridge the emotional gap between the Black King and Queen. Dear Black Queen is the handbook that permits the Black Queen to love the Black King through the dissonance without judgment while expounding upon their connections. Dear Black Queen's beautiful excerpts and writings can serve to be a powerful tool to feed the souls of the Black Queen and King. Dear Black Queen aims to unite the two by interlacing them with excerpts, encouragement, and twenty-one days of daily exercises. Through this journey, Ty Nesha's aspiration is that Black Kings will continue to thrive with the Black Queen by their side and rise above the stereotypes, lies, and expectations placed upon them. Queen, can you vow to love past your hurt enough to help to empower your Black King?



Dear Church

Author : Lenny Duncan

Publisher : Fortress Press

Page : 166 pages

File Size : 30,63 MB

Release : 2019-07-02

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1506452574

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Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make all the headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work--drawing a direct line between the church's lack of diversity and the church's lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological, not sociological. But so are the answers. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of Duncan's denomination and the broader mainline Christian community of faith. Dear Church rejects the narrative of church decline and calls everyone--leaders and laity alike--to the front lines of the church's renewal through racial equality and justice. It is time for the church to rise up, dust itself off, and take on forces of this world that act against God: whiteness, misogyny, nationalism, homophobia, and economic injustice. Duncan gives a blueprint for the way forward and urges us to follow in the revolutionary path of Jesus. Dear Church also features a discussion guide at the back--perfect for church groups, book clubs, and other group discussion.



Dear Black Men

Author : Jewel Guy

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Page : 74 pages

File Size : 43,49 MB

Release : 2019-06-18

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ISBN : 9780368946493

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Dear Black Men gives Black men the opportunity to reflect and express without interruption or judgment. It is an opportunity for Black men to be heard and understood. It is a journey to create empathy while dispelling the lies, assumptions, and uncommunicated expectations that are often placed on Black men. Dear Black Men is a mirror. A window into our souls. It requires us to ask the hard questions, place ourselves in a Black man's shoes, listen to understand, acknowledge our behavior, atone for our short-sightedness, and begin again with clarity and true understanding. This book is a catalyst for establishing healthy relationships with the men so many of us say we love.



Ma Dear's Aprons

Author : Patricia C. McKissack

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 20,25 MB

Release : 2014-04-22

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 148141898X

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Little David Earl always knows what day of the week it is. He can tell by the clean, snappy-fresh apron Ma Dear is wearing -- a different color for every day. Monday means washing, with Ma Dear scrubbing at her tub in a blue apron. Tuesday is ironing, in a sunshine yellow apron that brightens Ma's spirits. And so it goes until Sunday, when Ma Dear doesn't have to wear an apron and they can set aside some special no-work time, just for themselves. In their first collaboration, Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and award-winninng illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly recreate a slice of turn-of-the-century Southern life as it was for a single African-American mother and her son.



Letter from Birmingham Jail

Author : Martin Luther King

Publisher : HarperOne

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 44,6 MB

Release : 2025-01-14

Category : History

ISBN : 9780063425811

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A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written and published by eight white clergyman admonishing the civil rights demonstrations happening in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King drafted his seminal response on scraps of paper smuggled into jail. King criticizes his detractors for caring more about order than justice, defends nonviolent protests, and argues for the moral responsibility to obey just laws while disobeying unjust ones. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" proclaims a message - confronting any injustice is an acceptable and righteous reason for civil disobedience. This beautifully designed edition presents Dr. King's speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.



Dear Martin

Author : Nic Stone

Publisher : Ember

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 31,18 MB

Release : 2018-09-04

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1101939524

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"Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down "Raw and gripping." –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys "A must-read!” –ANGIE THOMAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning #1 New York Times bestselling debut, a William C. Morris Award Finalist. Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack. "Vivid and powerful." -Booklist, Starred Review "A visceral portrait of a young man reckoning with the ugly, persistent violence of social injustice." -Publishers Weekly



"Thou, Dear God"

Author : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Publisher : Beacon Press

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 33,72 MB

Release : 2011-11-29

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0807086045

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"Thou, Dear God" is the first and only collection of sixty-eight prayers by Martin Luther King, Jr. Arranged thematically in six parts--with prayers for spiritual guidance, special occasions, times of adversity, times of trial, uncertain times, and social justice--Baptist minister and King scholar Lewis Baldwin introduces the book and each section with short essays. Included are both personal and public prayers King recited as a seminarian, graduate student, preacher, pastor, and, finally, civil rights leader, along with a special section that reveals the biblical sources that most inspired King. Collectively they illustrate how King turned to private prayer for his own spiritual fulfillment and to public prayer as a way to move, inspire, and reaffirm a quest for peace and social justice. With a foreword by Rev. Dr. Julius R. Scruggs, it is the perfect gift for people and leaders of all faiths, and an invaluable resource for spiritual individuals and those who lead worship.



This Is My America

Author : Kim Johnson

Publisher : Ember

Page : 417 pages

File Size : 18,31 MB

Release : 2022-05-17

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0593118790

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"Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system. Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town's racist history that still haunt the present? Fans of Nic Stone, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds won't want to miss this provocative and gripping debut.