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Profiles thirty-five prominent men in African American history, including James Armistead Lafayette, Thurgood Marshall, Alvin Ailey, and Leland Melvin.
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"Early in his career, actor Courtney B. Vance lost his father to suicide. Recently, he lost his godson to the same fate. Still, as mental health discourse hits the mainstream, it leaves the most vulnerable out of the conversation: Black men. In America, we teach that strength means holding back tears and shaming your own feelings. In the Black community, these pressures are especially poignant. Poor mental health outcomes-- including diagnoses of...
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Raising Fences tells the story of a man whose youth was spent committing petty crimes, experimenting with sex, and developing a mortal fear of police. Like many young black men, Michael Datcher's childhood was marked by the gaping hole left by an absent father. Out of that absence grew the desire to fulfill a dream that seemed almost a fantasy: to leave the streets behind, build a family, and become what he had wanted so badly-a good father. Moving...
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B-boy blues series volume 6
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"Hardy's sexy, romantic soaper is sure to please present fans and garner more." - Booklist
"A House Is Not A Home is so good you won't want it-or the series-to end." - -- E. Lynn Harris, New York Times best-selling author, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted -- E. Lynn Harris, New York Times best-selling author, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted -- E. Lynn Harris, New York Times best-selling author, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted -- E. Lynn Harris,...
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Curt Mader, a rancher whose homestead has been burned and his wife carried off by a bunch of cowboys, hires Bubba, a black tracker, to help him find her. The white is a coward, the black a reluctant hero. A parody of how the west was won by the author of Zulus.
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