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"Message to the People" by Marcus Garvey is a significant and inspirational collection of essays and speeches by one of the most influential figures in the Pan-African and Black nationalist movements of the early 20th century. This thought-provoking work encapsulates Garvey's visionary ideas and his impassioned call for the unity, pride, and self-determination of people of African descent worldwide. Garvey's eloquent and passionate prose emphasizes the importance of self-reliance, cultural awareness, and the creation of a collective African identity to combat racial oppression and colonialism. Through this collection, readers gain profound insights into Garvey's enduring impact on the global struggle for civil rights, social justice, and the empowerment of marginalized communities. "Message to the People" remains a timeless testament to Marcus Garvey's commitment to uplifting and mobilizing African diaspora communities, making it essential reading for those interested in the history of the African diaspora and the ongoing quest for equality and empowerment.
The Third Edition of this renowned reference work illuminates African American contributions to the genre of books for children and young adults with the biographies of 274 authors and artists - including 121 new biographies not included in previous editions. The book presents the user with a rich source of accessible, in-depth biographical data on each individual author or artist, including birthplace, education, their approach to art or literature, career development, and awards and honors received. Over 160 photographs of the subjects bring the biographies to life, and 46 covers of important children's books are reproduced. Also included is a comprehensive index of books, an index of authors and illustrators, and useful listings of publishers, distributors, and bookstores arranged by state.
African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families is a historically and culturally centered text designed for relationship, marriage and family educators and therapists who work with African American singles and couples. Complete with numerous exercises, the book helps singles and couples increase their self-awareness, partner awareness and respect, and appreciation for difference. It also helps foster effective communication and conflict resolution skills, showing readers how to develop and maintain healthy relationships, marriages, and families. No ground is left uncovered in Dixon’s thoughtful and considered analysis.
The true masonic order talks about the mystries of the secret society and how the masons have influenced the history of the united states and the world.
Using a combination of case studies and research, the contributors of this timely book highlight some of the significant issues, historical, curricular, and societal, that have led to African American students having a proportionally larger representation in special education classes, higher drop-put rates, and more incidences of in-school, race-on-race violence. The contributors draw from critical pedagogy, multicultural education, and the Afrocentric canon to critique the American educational system. Educating African American Students examines historical issues that are significant for understanding the current state of affairs for African American education; addresses problems and issues in social studies education, mathematics education, and the overrepresentation of African American males in special education; and poignantly illuminates the necessity for renewed activism by telling the stories of African American children and their schooling experiences.
Essays and Poems is a look into the mind of a revolutionary. Brian takes us back to the days when poetry had a meaning other than what was most obvious to its reader. His essays will not only make you think, but they will also take you even further into the psyche of some of the most prolific writers of all time. Rest assured that you will be very satisfied with what will pour into your mind after opening this book.
Making Math Learning Fun for Inner City School Students is an effective tool for educators and a textbook for professors of higher education. The concepts discussed in the book provide a body of knowledge that will enable leaders to understand the critical issues surrounding inner city school students in their ability to learn mathematical concepts. Research shows that three to five teachers of mathematics leave the school system within the first two years of teaching because of frustration experienced while helping inner city school students comprehend and master mathematical skills. Students are often discouraged by inappropriate teaching strategies that favor learning math concepts in iso...
Animating Black and Brown Liberation introduces a vital new tool for reading American literatures. Rooted in both ancient Egyptian ideas about life and cutting-edge theories of animacy, or levels of aliveness, this tool—ankhing—enables Michael Datcher to examine the ways African American and Latinx literatures respond to and ultimately work to resist hegemonic forces of neoliberalism and state-sponsored oppression. Weaving together close readings and politically informed philosophical reflection, Datcher considers the work of writer-activists Toni Cade Bambara, Cherríe Moraga, Gloria Anzaldúa, June Jordan, Salvador Plascencia, and Ishmael Reed, in light of theoretical interventions by ...
BrainGita is a culmination of the author's research over several years. What started as a personal transformation process has led him to become a medium for sharing the awesome insights that he has gained by integrating Lord Krishna's Divine Wisdom as enunciated and amalgamated in the Bhagavad Gita. The result of this is the book, BrainGita, an effort to explain the ideology and philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita in the context of modern brain science. Through a scientific discussion, the book reveals how the equilibrium of the human mind and brain can be established to attain a state of higher consciousness – Sat-Chit-Anand, or eternal bliss – by using mind-brain integration techniques tha...