Social Science : African-American Studies

Beginnings * Teacher Training at Cheyney State * Teacher at Charles Carroll of Carrollton * Counselor at Mordecai Gist * Vice Principal at Barclay School * Principal at Barclay, Part One: "Barclay Is Everybody's Business" * Principal at Barclay, Part Two: "Gertie Is So Goddamned Stubborn" * Principal at Barclay, Part Three: "We Decided to Create a Middle School" * Principal at Barclay, Part Four: "We Did Not Want a Poor Man's Curriculum" * Principal at Barclay, Part Five: "The Program Was Not a Panacea" * Retirement more...

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The bestselling author of the novels Soul Food and Web of Deception, LaJoyce Brookshire tells a true story more shattering than any work of fiction. It's her story. A memoir of survival against the odds and courage in the face of a troubled relationship and a terrifying illness. A chronicle of faith under fire. Faith Under Fire tells the story of a marriage tainted by lies, but it also tells much more: a capsule portrait of the specter of AIDS facing African-American women today, it reveals how fear, ignorance, and secrets perpetuate the disease. In a poignant narrative overflowing with her gutsy humor and vibrant spirit, LaJoyce Brookshire shares her faith in all of its richness. She offers a living testament to relying on God's strength through any ordeal, and shows how His truth is all we need to believe in, every day of our lives. more...

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A New York Times bestseller, Finding Fish is the remarkable story of an African American boy abandoned in an abusive foster home in Cleveland who rises to liberation, manhood, and extraordinary success (in Hollywood). Born in prison to a single mother after his father was shot and killed, Antwone Fisher soon became a ward of Cleveland's foster care system. By the time he was five years old, he had been transferred to several different families. Eventually he came to live with the Picketts, an older couple with grown children of their own. During his stay with the Picketts, which lasted until he was 17 years old, Antwone suffered near–constant verbal and physical abuse at the hands of ̩zz Pickett, and sexual abuse from a neighbour. The damage to his self–esteem was tremendous, yet Antwone managed to resist the gang–like behaviour and drug use that so many of his friends were engaged in. Finally he fled and before long he was living on the streets, homeless. Again rescuing himself, he enlisted in the Navy, where he created a ॡ mily' for himself and with the help of a Navy psychologist worked through his past. After he left the Navy, while working as a security guard at Sony Pictures in Hollywood, he told his story to one of the executives there, who encouraged him to write his life as a screenplay. more...

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Virgil Richardson has blazed his own unique trail through the 20th century: a cofounder of Harlem's American Negro Theater and radio personality in 1930s, a World War II pilot, and an expatriate through much of the last 50 years. In "Flight," this remarkable man tells the story of his life in his own vivid words. more...

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An important look at Frederick Douglass' pivotal July 4th, 1852, speech in which he identified the grand American Dilemma--the critical contradiction between slavery and our nation's ideals--and set the stage for his life's work more...

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