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Now Rise Books blog: What shall I give my children, who are poor...?
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Politics History Social Science. By and About Black Women. Sunday, October 17, 2010. What shall I give my children, who are poor? The Children of the Poor. What shall I give my children? Who are poor,. Who are adjudged the leastwise of the land,. Who are my sweetest lepers, who demand. No velvet and no velvety velour;. But who have begged me for a brisk contour,. Crying that they are quasi, contraband. Because unfinished, graven by a hand. Less than angelic, admirable or sure. As I grew older, the line e...
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Now Rise Books blog: McDaniel and McQueen, in their own voices
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Politics History Social Science. By and About Black Women. Thursday, August 9, 2012. McDaniel and McQueen, in their own voices. An item in The Hollywood Reporter. July 31, 2012, noted that "a 1938 copy of Gone With the Wind. Signed by nearly the entire cast of the film sold for $135,300 ($110,000 plus $25,300 buyer's premium) .". Signatures of Hattie McDaniel who played "Mammy" in the movie, and Thelma "Butterfly McQueen," who played, "Prissy," are pictured below. In 1989, Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen.
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Bookclubs and Other Links of Interest. Brothas Well Read Book Club. The Sistah Circle Book Club. Journey's End Literary Club. The Go On Girl! Good Girl Book Club Online. Sistah Girl Reading Group. The Imani Voices Book Club. The GR.I.T.S. Online Reading Club. Kindred Spirits Book Club. The Divine Sisterhood Book Club/DC area. The Sisters and Brothers of HotLanta Book Club. Between the Lines Book Club. The Phenomenal Women Book Club. Cover Story Book Club. Sister 2 Sister Book Club. The Good Book Club.
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Black Pearls Magazine Bookclub Showcase... bringing the jewels of publishing to the readers!
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Black Pearls Bookclub Tribute. The Black Pearls Magazine. Make Black Pearls the magnificent publication that it is, by sharing the gift of knowledge! Please know, as we prepare each issue for you, we look for those stimulating conversations, the most thought provoking articles and most of all the best books on the shelves. We want each page of this magazine to add value to your lives! Your comments and feedback are welcomed. Join our blog. Ella Curry, President of EDC Creations. The Black Pearls Magazine.
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Now Rise Books blog: The Help hurts Black women say critics
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Politics History Social Science. By and About Black Women. Friday, July 15, 2011. The Help hurts Black women say critics. In this year of 2011 that observes the 150. From what she calls “the lie of Black inferiority.”. A similar movement to expose an inferred premise of Black inferiority surrounds the novel, The Help. 2009), as well as its first time author Kathryn Stockett. The movie version of The Help. If you have strong views about The Hel-. At the hashtag, #100voicesrespondtothehelp. Powerful.[S...
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Now Rise Books blog: Toni Morrison's Desdemona
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Politics History Social Science. By and About Black Women. Saturday, May 28, 2011. Did anyone see it in Brussels? Toni Morrison's Desdemona delivers a haunting, powerful "re-membering". May 26, 2011 [. Posted May 28, 2011 - Expatica.com]. In response to Peter Sellar's 2009 production of Othello. You may want to brush up on your Othello. It is a project worthy of Morrison. Desdemona's dramatic monologues are interspersed with and layered over by Rokia Traore's haunting and very African music. Rokia Tr...
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Now Rise Books blog: Maya Angelou: giving birth to all of our brightnesses
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Politics History Social Science. By and About Black Women. Saturday, May 31, 2014. Maya Angelou: giving birth to all of our brightnesses. When looking for two frustratingly lost books this morning, I came across this random assembly of titles on a shelf: I read in their titles a tribute to the largess of Sistah Maya, who eloquently in her speech and posture, testimony and poems, was. Lisa at nowrisebooks@gmail.com. By and About Black Women. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). By and About Black Women.
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Now Rise Books blog: August 2012
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Politics History Social Science. By and About Black Women. Sunday, August 12, 2012. The local bookstore you save must be your own. Stories abound in the media including on this blog about the closing of beloved bookstores around the country, both corporate and independent. The most recent news that circulated widely in the media concerning African American books was Hue-Man Bookstore. the ten-year. Old Black bookstore in Harlem which closed at the end of July. Nearly all commercial entities) had to climb...
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Now Rise Books blog: The local bookstore you save must be your own
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Politics History Social Science. By and About Black Women. Sunday, August 12, 2012. The local bookstore you save must be your own. Stories abound in the media including on this blog about the closing of beloved bookstores around the country, both corporate and independent. The most recent news that circulated widely in the media concerning African American books was Hue-Man Bookstore. the ten-year. Old Black bookstore in Harlem which closed at the end of July. Nearly all commercial entities) had to climb...
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Now Rise Books blog: Ella Baker biography by Ransby is insightful
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Politics History Social Science. By and About Black Women. Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Ella Baker biography by Ransby is insightful. Enjoying Barbara Ransby's biography of civil rights activist, Ella Baker- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. The University of North Carolina Press, 2003). These conditions were a foundation upon which Baker's later organizing and advocacy for social justice were built; Ransby says:. Lisa at nowrisebooks@gmail.com. Labels: Authors and Books.
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