Author : Teddy Vail
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 2016-02-22
Category :
ISBN : 9781530183272
This is the story of my coming to grips with my own racism. I am not proud of it. I am trying to find an answer.
Author : Issac J. Bailey
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1590518608
A rare first-person account that combines a journalist’s skilled reporting with the raw emotion of a younger brother’s heartfelt testimony of what his family endured after his eldest brother killed a man and was sentenced to life in prison. At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return from prison for thirty-two years. Bailey tells the story of their relationship and of his experience living in a family suffering from guilt and shame. Drawing on sociological research as well as his expertise as a journalist, he seeks to answer the crucial question of why Moochie and many other young black men—including half of the ten boys in his own family—end up in the criminal justice system. What role do poverty, race, and faith play? What effect does living in the South, in the Bible Belt, have? And why is their experience understood as an acceptable trope for black men, while white people who commit crimes are never seen in this generalized way? My Brother Moochie provides a wide-ranging yet intensely intimate view of crime and incarceration in the United States, and the devastating effects on the incarcerated, their loved ones, their victims, and society as a whole. It also offers hope for families caught in the incarceration trap: though the Bailey family’s lows have included prison and bearing the responsibility for multiple deaths, their highs have included Harvard University, the White House, and a renewed sense of pride and understanding that presents a path forward.
Author : E. Willa Simpson
Publisher : Author House
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1418428876
"In this insightful and enlightening book, E. Willa Simpson takes readers on a journey through the African American experience. Her version of history as retold in poetic terms is a refreshing tribute to countless African American leaders. Through her honesty, courage and the unique critical dialogue reflected through interviews with key civil rights leaders including Angela Davis, Michael Eric Dyson, Mamie Till Mobley and Howard Bingham (producer of motion picture film Ali), combined with thought provoking verses; Simpson's work promises to leave readers pondering just how deeply African Americans were affected by their shackled enslavement, psychological impact of lynchings and tumultuous history in the United States. Simpson senses the worth involved in honoring the lives of those who contributed unselfishly to the struggle for justice and equality. Her book is definitely a must read! "The Hollywood Film and Entertainment Review" "On My Brother's Shoulder's" is the single most important book for African Americans today. It pays tribute to those who came before us and laid down their lives so that future generations would be able to have better and continue to sing a triumphant song. Simpson's book presents a timeless journey through the early civil rights movement as portrayed through the skillful retelling of the brutal lynching of Emmett Till a fourteen year old youth who was accused of having wolf whistled at a white woman. Through Simpson's thoughtful examination of the ideology behind lynching noted filmmaker, historian and poet; E. Willa Simpson pays tribute to countless African American legends including Emmett Till, Angela Davis, Michael Eric Dyson, Medgar Evers, Ida B. Wells and more.
Author : Robert Johnson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2023-03-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The captivating story of a kid who overcame his adversities as a child facing hatred and violence, ultimately following a calling to become a protector. Ironically serving the people and communities where he was victimized, his is a story of triumph and the exciting career of a criminal investigator, who worked on and solved thousands of crimes.
Author : Charles Tenney Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 10,40 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Radicalism in literature
ISBN :
Author : Henry Pike
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1664196536
No greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends... and I call you my friends.” For a Bother’s Love is a complex thriller, entwined with suspense portraying today’s society in the drug business. We follow Hank, better known as the “White Ghost”, return home from Vietnam, only to find himself in the middle of a war between his best friend and an old arch enemy whom he knows has killed his fiancée, but cannot prove it. When Khalid rapes his friend’s wife and beats him into a coma, the Ghost returns back from his home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas to fight Khalid and his warriors. Employing the help of another Vietnam veteran, they wage war against the drug business, burning dope houses, and taking the money ad distributing it among the poor in the community. As the Ghost befriends the local police officers, preacher and the community who all stand with him to battle the evilness destroying the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas.
Author : George A. Logan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 27,74 MB
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1453549862
Author : Shawan M. Worsley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 32,7 MB
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1135235643
Shawan M. Worsley analyzes black cultural representations that appropriate anti-black stereotypes. Her examination furthers our understanding of the historical circumstances that are influencing contemporary representations of black subjects that are purposefully derogatory and documents the consequences of these images.
Author : Elizabeth Cobbs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 23,3 MB
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1948924358
If you loved the movie HARRIET https://www.focusfeatures.com/harriet/ you will love THE TUBMAN COMMAND! From the bestselling author of The Hamilton Affair, a novel based on a thrilling chapter of Civil War history and African American history, how Harriet Tubman lead a Union raid to free 750 slaves. It’s May 1863. Outgeneraled and outgunned, a demoralized Union Army has pulled back with massive losses at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Fort Sumter, hated symbol of the Rebellion, taunts the American navy with its artillery and underwater mines. In Beaufort, South Carolina, one very special woman, code named Moses, is hatching a spectacular plan. Hunted by Confederates, revered by slaves, Harriet Tubman plots an expedition behind enemy lines to liberate hundreds of bondsmen and recruit them as soldiers. A bounty on her head, she has given up husband and home for the noblest cause: a nation of, by, and for the people. The Tubman Command tells the story of Tubman at the height of her powers, when she devises the largest plantation raid of the Civil War. General David Hunter places her in charge of a team of black scouts even though skeptical of what one woman can accomplish. For her gamble to succeed, “Moses” must outwit alligators, overseers, slave catchers, sharpshooters, and even hostile Union soldiers to lead gunships up the Combahee River. Men stand in her way at every turn--though one reminds her that love shouldn’t have to be the price of freedom. It’s the perfect read before going to see the big new movie about Harriet Tubman, Harriet (November 2019) starring Kasi Lemmons, Cynthia Erivo, and Janelle Monae.
Author : Bill Harris
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0814345948
African American characters navigate a physical and spiritual journey beginning in the antebellum South. In the twenty-five linked short stories in his collection, I Got to Keep Moving, celebrated Detroit author Bill Harris vividly and deftly describes the inner and outer lives of a wide cast of characters as they navigate changing circumstances in the southern United States, pre- and post-Civil War. Addressing vital aspects of life—hope, family, violence, movement, and memory—I Got to Keep Moving is as mesmerizing as it is revealing. A veritable Canterbury Tales,the book follows a group of African Americans, beginning in the 1830s on a plantation in the fictional town of Acorn, Alabama, as they head north, and ending in the Midwest in the 1940s. The opening section contains nine stories that investigate the events that compelled the party to migrate. The second section consists of fifteen stories focusing on the life and travels of Pearl Moon and her blind son, and introduces the reader to a range of individuals—a white southern prison guard and his family, an ex-cowboy and expert marksman from Oklahoma, and the owner and entertainers of an "All Colored" traveling minstrel show, to name a few—during their quest to find a place for themselves. The third section, written in three voices of surviving members of the Nettles family, observes the truth of memory and the importance of who gets to tell and preserve it. Harris gives readers an unfiltered look into the legacy of slavery and racism in the United States, while demonstrating the strength and complexity of the players involved. Readers of fiction, especially those interested in short fiction and African American fiction, will find this stunning and unique collection a welcome addition to their libraries.
