{"title":"Boston's Finest Local Authors","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"chain-of-change-by-mel-king","title":"Chain of Change: Struggles For Black Community Development by Mel King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChain of Change\u003c\/em\u003e is a history of the black community in Boston from the fifties through the seventies. Mel King shows how black consciousness and power have developed through the struggles around jobs, housing, education, and politics. 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You'll follow the road to freedom beginning with the slave trade and the middle passage through the abolitionist movement and the Civil War where many African Americans fought as soldiers. You'll learn how slave songs often contained hidden messages and how a 15-year-old Jamaican-born young man named Clive Campbell helped to create hip-hop in the early 1970's.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'll experience the passionate speeches, marches, and movements of the Civil Rights era along with and the sacrifices of Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers, and many others. Along the way there are dozens of profiles of political trailblazers like Shirley Chisholm, the first black women elected to Congress in 1968; dominants athletes like Tiger Woods who, in 1995, was only the second African American to play in a Master's Golf Tournament which he went on to win in 1997; popular musicians like Miles Davis, one the most influential artists of the twentieth century; and inspiring writers like Toni Morrison, the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with beautiful illustrations by Lynn Gaines that bring these figures and events to life, plus a removable historical timeline poster, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Child's Introduction to African American History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a fascinating and comprehensive guide to this often overlooked yet immensely important part of American history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePublished ‏ : ‎ January 2, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎ 96 pages \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eReading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eGrade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1750400565257,"sku":"9780316436427","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/childsintro_de1f92f9-7fdb-4d79-b382-a2e1ad888027.jpg?v=1725900792"},{"product_id":"breathe-a-letter-to-my-sons-by-imani-perry","title":"Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love?finding beauty and possibility in life?and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith original art for the cover by Ekua Holmes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreathe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a broader meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31298918973521,"sku":"9780807076552","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/breathe.jpg?v=1672548117"},{"product_id":"bostons-banner-years-1965-2015-a-saga-of-black-success-by-melvin-b-miller","title":"Boston's Banner Years: 1965-2015: A Saga of Black Success by Melvin. B Miller","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 0px;\"\u003eEveryone with a sense of fair play is horrified by stories of racially inspired abuse. As bad as such incidents can be, however, what is most damaging to the well-being of blacks is the constant media assertions that blacks are inexorably inferior. It can be difficult for people to feel motivated to achieve when they lack the confidence to believe in their own abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px 0px;\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBoston's Banner Years: 1965-2015\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to refute the negative implications of alleged black incompetence by chronicling black success. Over the years, editor Melvin B. Miller has developed an institutional memory of his communities affairs. He has used that unique resource to help produce this collection, in which well-qualified reporters share researched accounts of black achievement in Boston, creating a record for future generations of black community success. Stories of individual achievements of blacks can be inspiring, but they sometimes seem like aberrations. Providing numerous examples of blacks being assertive, competent, and successful, these essays make it impossible to apply the negative racial stereotype to blacks in Boston, a place that is to some extent an incubator of black success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px 0px;\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003eThis collection of essays presents a series of biographical profiles highlighting black achievement and success in Boston over the course of fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003eRelease Date: July 20, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e402 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32097791246417,"sku":"9781480862524","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/boston_s_banner_years.jpg?v=1724499283"},{"product_id":"pre-order-dream-street-by-tricia-elam-walker-author-ekua-holmes-illustrator","title":"Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker (Author), Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9780593554869?bookstore=frugalbookstore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/button-buy-on-audiobook_2-01.svg?v=1724852867\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscover the true meaning of community in this gorgeous picture book about a very special street bursting with joy, hope, and dreams. 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Black men are misunderstood. Black men are targeted. Black men are discriminated against. Black men are killed. Black men are STEREOTYPED. Black men are the most judged group on this planet, yet what the world refuses to recognize is there are more to black men than the stereotypes placed upon them. This novel explores what it is like to be a black man that rejects the stereotype and the effects it can have when subconsciously internalized. Elijah is a homeless man striving to get back on his feet, without compromising his integrity. He struggles to maintain a sense of normalcy in an environment that is anything, but normal. He’s falling in love with Silvie, but due to his lack of housing and employment, he doesn’t feel worthy to reveal his love for her. After all, what can a homeless man offer a woman?Peteris a womanizer. He is irresponsible, has no boundaries and is emotionally unavailable. He holds a victim mentality. It’s not his fault that he has become the stereotypical black man. That’s what happens when you live in a country that doesn’t seem to care about black men. Will he continue to internalize the stereotype that white America has placed on black men or will he reject it? Jean works in Corporate America and has mastered playing the game. Although he is very pro-black and opinionated, at the end of the day it’s about his paycheck. He’s at the point in his life where he wants a wife and kids but he can’t find his match. He’s very critical of black women, but not when it comes to sleeping with them. Are black women his problem or is it something deeper?Someone hurt Shawn when he was a teenager. They got away with what they did to him. He buried that pain away and never told anyone about it. The buried feelings resurface when he finds out that his fiancée betrayed him. Up until this point, his battle with his low self-esteem, depression and mental illness, he’s kept hidden. What happens when he can no longer hide it?Silvie is a single mom on a tight budget. She has a big heart and is a sucker for love. Silvie believes in the potential of people; instead of what they show her. Will giving men the benefit of the doubt work in her favor or will it cost her more than she bargained for?Click here to Reply or Forward0.59 GB (3%) of 15 GB usedManageTerms · Privacy · Program PoliciesLast account activity: 35 minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublished ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuly 11, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e268 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Vick Breedy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48604992012604,"sku":"9781717072283","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/61njv7iODfL._SL1360.jpg?v=1709665913"},{"product_id":"still-bitter-by-vick-breedy","title":"Still Bitter by Vick Breedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you have read Bitter, you’ve been anxiously awaiting the sequel Still Bitter. Still Bitter is like the second season to the Bitter reality show on paper. Still Bitter invites you into the lives of your favorite characters from Bitter and their children twenty years later. Ben thinks his daughter Karma is the only blood relative that he has left. He has held a grudge for twenty years and finally has an opportunity to get some vengeance. With the help from an unlikely acquaintance, he succeeds. This isn’t business. This is personal. Is getting vengeance worth what he gets in return? She may not have her beauty, but Ava is happy. She became wealthy by blackmailing her rapist. Ava has been called crazy, but she has a great investigative mind. She puts that mind to work when she opens a private investigating agency. Little did she know, this would be the gateway to digging up dirt and uncovering secrets that may destroy her loved ones’ lives. What will she do with this dirt? Throw it or sweep it under the rug? Karma is Ava’s daughter. She was raised by a woman that knows more about pain than love. Nevertheless, her mom treats her like a gift that only the highest bidder should have. She is groomed to be everything that the right man will want physically and sexually. Karma finds her man, but things don’t go the way she fantasized. It is within this relationship that Karma discovers a side of herself she didn’t know existed. She’s addicted to something more dangerous than drugs. Eve grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her mother is an off and on again drug user. Eve stopped going to school in the eleventh grade. Her low wage job doesn’t pay enough for her to move out. She wants more for herself. She decides to get her GED. Taking that first step opened up doors that she never imagined would open. It leads her to a job in Boston, Massachusetts. While in Boston, Eve finds out the tragic truth about her real family. Craig is older and wiser. He’s found love and is ready to settle down. Something comes up that won’t allow him to put his gangster behavior on pause. His worst fear comes to life when his new love gets caught up in his drama. When he learns of his new love’s fate, he is forced to go back to being the ruthless man he was in his younger years. He knows who's to blame for his pain. He should have taken care of him years ago. 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Any woman that’s ever felt like they’ve been made a fool of by a man that they’ve slept with will gravitate toward this story and take notes!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBITTER tells the story of three women from Boston, Massachusetts that were violated, deceived and beaten down by love and their struggle with restoring trust in their current relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAva, a pharmaceutical sales representative is married to Brian, a good looking, college educated postal worker. His problem is that he is cheap and has a different agenda that Ava is not aware of. This new agenda brings out a side of Ava that she thought was buried in her past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlene, a human resources director at an insurance company, is engaged to Derek. Derek is gorgeous, never finished college and only works retail jobs. Charlene and Derek have plans to get married, but one of them is withholding a secret from the other. 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If you’ve read Bitter and Still Bitter, this book will reveal some of the family secrets that the characters hid. If Bitter Family Secrets is the first book that you’ve read by Vick Breedy, you’ll become addicted to the characters. You will be forced to read the other books included in this trilogy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKarma’s addiction is out of control. The single life allows her to explore her sexual bucket list. Will karma catch up with her before she gets the chance to empty it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEve has committed a crime. She flees Boston and heads to Charlotte. There, she plans to lay low and track down who she thought was her mother. What will unfold at this unexpected reunion?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBJ is in love with Karma. She will do anything for her. Karma knows this and uses it to her advantage. Will BJ figure out that she’s the only one in love or will she keep allowing herself to be used?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoan could be a super model. Everything about her screams “I AM WOMAN,” but she’s very insecure. The problem is Jonathan. He is determined to crush her self-esteem. He taunts her and stalks her to the point of depression. Will she do what it takes to get rid of him?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraig is determined to find out who killed is fiancé. Once he finds the killer, he devises an intricate plan to make sure that the person suffers on a deep level. He needs the help of a family member to do it. When the deed is done, Craig finds out just how loyal family truly is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaudia is in her seventies, but she doesn’t feel like it. An illness forces her to come to grips with this next phase of her life. She needs to get some things off her chest while she still has time. There’s one secret that she’s carried with her for fifty years. 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That statement says more about your weaknesses than your strengths. The stereotypical strong Black woman does it all. She wades through the barrage of racism and misogyny designed to drown her, yet serves as the life vest for everyone else. They need her, but who tends to her needs? Practicing self-care means something different for black women that are faced with the unfairness of having to live in a constant state of duality. Strong Black women take care of what is necessary despite their limited resources, systemic, and how they feel. It is very difficult to uphold what it means to be a strong Black woman in the Black community and make self-care a priority. Which births the difficult question, are Black women that embrace this stereotype able to practice self-care? Selfish Women’s Group is a story about strong Black women attempting to heal through self-care during a pandemic and traumatic racial tensions. This story highlights the importance of practicing self-care and how easy it is to lose sight of it. Selfish Women’s Group addresses the issues that make it problematic for Black women to practice self-care and provides encouragement to overcome them. Meet the women of Selfish Women’s Group: Three black women from Lynn and Malden, Massachusetts meet each other at a local self-care group. Ida, Faith and Michelle build a sisterhood while dealing with their own complex emotional-health issues. Will the support and tools from Selfish Women’s Group be enough to provide the balance that they need in their life? Will they learn to be Selfish with self-care? Nobody knows more than Ida how having problems down below can severely impact your quality of life. As if having fibroids aren’t enough, Ida must cope with the stress of being a strong black woman. She was taught that showing weakness as a Black woman is intolerable. We all know what gets said about a Black woman that loses her ability to cope. What happens when she just can’t take it anymore? Will Ida be strong enough to ask for help or will she suffer in silence due to shame? Do Black women really have bounce-back magic?Faith is a people pleaser. She tries her best to use the tools that she’s learned from Selfish Women’s Group to help navigate her more challenging relationships. Meanwhile, she finds out at the last minute that her mom is getting released from prison. Will those tools be enough to help her set healthy boundaries from the energy drainers in her life? What’s the best way to please people who have betrayed you? Will Faith ever learn to please herself before anyone else?Michelle is a woman who has it all together; a great career, supports her community, is politically astute, and will let you know that she’s unapologetically Pro-Black. She is goal-driven with an intense desire to succeed. She’s a planner that likes to be in control. 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From training students and professionals on what environmental justice means, to facilitating productive dialogue among diverse groups on how to achieve environmental justice through urban forestry, to assisting organizations in writing grant proposals to advance environmental justice goals through urban forestry. 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Finally, with the help of her uncle, Stacey is able to remember and gets to announce it after all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bright and lively illustrations show a large Black family and friends at a bustling family gathering, celebrating the new baby with humor and warmth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat’s the Baby’s Name, Stacey?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the third in a series of books about Stacey Huggins, an active and imaginative girl who lives with her loving Black family. The first, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStacey Became a Frog One Day, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas published in 2020. The second, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJump! Jump! Jump! 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It engages the reader as “Coota “ gets lost and found and becomes a friend of Cheryl, a sightless young girl, but one who can see the importance of history, respect and dignity. “Coota and the Magic Quilt has a Teacher’s Guide that is separately priced and can be used to teach not just youth, but adults as well. “Coota and the Magic Quilt,” written by Haywood Fennell, Sr. has been reviewed in the following newspapers and magazine: Unity First Newspaper The Boston Banner The Boston Globe The South End News The Wilmington Journal, Wilmington, N.C. The New England Editor, Cambridge, Ma. Positive Teens International Magazine, Boston, MA. 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But generations of Black athletes, teams, sportswriters, and front-office executives have exercised historic influence in Boston over the years as they advocated for racial integration and transformed their sports into modes of racial pride, resistance, and cultural expression. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e goes beyond the familiar topics associated with the city’s premiere professional teams, the Red Sox and the Celtics, to recount the long history of Black sporting culture in the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection takes a close look at Black Bostonians’ involvement in sports as varied as soccer, cricket, boxing, baseball, golf, tennis, basketball, and hockey—and illuminates the effect of Boston’s desegregation and busing crisis on scholastic athletics in the 1970s and 1980s. With personal reminiscences from former New England Patriot Devin McCourty and journalist Bijan Bayne, as well as research from scholars of sport, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRace and Resistance in Boston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures the intersection of Black history and sporting culture in America’s City on a Hill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePublished ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ 404 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LongLeaf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50773051605308,"sku":"9781496232687","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/7181DT_hScL._SL1500.jpg?v=1737402412"},{"product_id":"looking-for-lorraine-the-radiant-and-radical-life-of-lorraine-hansberry","title":"Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the 2019 PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Shilts-Grahn Triangle Award for Lesbian Nonfiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNotable Book of 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA revealing portrait of one of the most gifted and charismatic, yet least understood, Black artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorraine Hansberry, who died at thirty-four, was by all accounts a force of nature. Although best-known for her work \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, her short life was full of extraordinary experiences and achievements, and she had an unflinching commitment to social justice, which brought her under FBI surveillance when she was barely in her twenties. While her close friends and contemporaries, like James Baldwin and Nina Simone, have been rightly celebrated, her story has been diminished and relegated to one work—until now. In 2018, Hansberry will get the recognition she deserves with the PBS American Masters documentary “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes\/Feeling Heart” and Imani Perry’s multi-dimensional, illuminating biography, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLooking for Lorraine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the success of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Hansberry used her prominence in myriad ways: challenging President Kennedy and his brother to take bolder stances on Civil Rights, supporting African anti-colonial leaders, and confronting the romantic racism of the Beat poets and Village hipsters. Though she married a man, she identified as lesbian and, risking censure and the prospect of being outed, joined one of the nation’s first lesbian organizations. 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Territory bands traveled from town to town, performing jazz and swing music, and Tulsa-based musician Ernie Fields (1904–97) led one of the best. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGoing Back to T-Town\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ernie’s daughter, Carmen Fields, tells a story of success, disappointment, and perseverance extending from the early jazz era to the 1960s. This is an enlightening account of how this talented musician and businessman navigated the hurdles of racial segregation during the Jim Crow era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause few territory bands made recordings, their contributions to the development of jazz music are often overlooked. Fortunately, Ernie Fields not only recorded music but also loved telling stories. He shared his “tales from the road” with his daughter, a well-known Boston journalist, and his son, Ernie Fields Jr., who has carried on his legacy as a successful musician and music contractor. As much as possible, Carmen Fields tells her father’s story in his own voice: how he weathered the ups and downs of the music industry and maintained his optimism even while he faced entrenched racial prejudice and threats of violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter traveling with his band all over the United States, Fields eventually caught the attention of renowned music producer John Hammond. In 1939, Hammond arranged for recording sessions and bookings that included performances in the famed Apollo Theater in New York. Ernie finally scored a top-ten hit in 1959 with his rock-and-roll rendition of “In the Mood.” At a time when most other territory bands had faded, the Ernie Fields Orchestra continued to perform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA devoted husband and family man, Ernie Fields also respected and appreciated his fellow musicians. 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But when she became a pastor there, Walker grew close to households marked not only by trauma but by courage--including the family of Cory Johnson, a young father who was murdered. In the wake of their worst nightmare, the family reached out for help.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Walker's congregation invited neighbors to gather, they created soft spaces for others' grief to land. There, in the stories told, the meals shared, the tears shed, and the silences kept, people found a space to receive their sorrow. Out of this ministry grew a grassroots trauma-healing program, one now being replicated across the country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough this groundbreaking book, begin to imagine what story-sharing groups might look like in your context. Face the disparity of grief that comes from racism and systemic inequality, and learn to confront legacies of harm. 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No one has to be left alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePublished ‏ : ‎ April 8, 2025 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"1517 Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773990109500,"sku":"9781506496849","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/71A5iOZ0ZGL._SL1391.jpg?v=1748898254"},{"product_id":"steep-a-black-neurosurgeons-journey","title":"Steep: A Black Neurosurgeon's Journey by Craig Yorke","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSteep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces an odyssey from a poor Boston neighborhood to a neurosurgical practice in Middle America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e It's more about the price of success than the weight of bigotry - a story of resilience and self-discovery that will resonate with anyone who has wrestled with their past as they chased the American Dream.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSTEEP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This moving memoir recounts Craig Yorke’s steep climb from the poorest neighborhoods of Boston to the University of California San Francisco’s world-renowned neurosurgical program. A gifted violinist who might have filled concert halls instead of operating rooms, he chose to exercise his virtuosity in caring for patients with neurosurgical disease. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSteep\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoffers a rare window into the emotional and ethical terrain of a life spent on the front lines of life and death. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSteep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sands alongside the best medical memoirs—riveting, profound, and unforgettable.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-Dr. Paul Camarata\u003cbr\u003eChairman, Department of Neurosurgery and Chair, Neurosurgery, The University of Kansas Medical Center\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Written with the deftness of a brain surgeon and the ear of a concert violinist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSteep\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the unforgettably moving story of one man’s life and times. 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