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28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World (2015)

Each day features a different influential figure in African-American history, from Crispus Attucks, the first man shot in the Boston Massacre, sparking the Revolutionary War, to Madame C. J. Walker, who after years of adversity became the wealthiest black woman in the country, as well as one of the wealthiest black Americans, to Barack Obama, the country’s first African-American president.

With powerful illustrations by Shane Evans, this is a completely unique look at the importance and influence of African Americans on the history of this country.

by Charles R. Smith Jr. (Author), Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)

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Charles R. Smith Jr.

is an award-winning children’s book author, photographer and poet with over thirty books to his credit. His awards include a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration for his photographs accompanying the Langston Hughes poem, “My People” and a Coretta Scott King Honor Author Award for his biography on Muhammad Ali, “Twelve Rounds to Glory.” Many of his books have also garnered reluctant reader awards, proving that kids that don’t like to read, do like to read his books.

Charles combines his passions of writing and photography with a variety of subjects that spark his interest. Even though his early books such as “Rimshots”, “Hoop Kings” and “Hoop Queens focus on basketball, Charles has shown the ability to apply his talents to a variety of subjects, including diversity with “I Am America” and “I Am the World”, Greek mythology with “The Mighty 12”, how slaves built the White House with “Brick by Brick” and Negro League baseball with “Stars in the Shadows” to name a few. His poetry has also been used to paint unique biographical portraits of personal heroes such as the aforementioned Ali, boxer Jack Johnson and soon, guitarist Jimi Hendrix.

Of the distinctive niche Charles fills with his books, he notes, “I want to show students, particularly boys, that there are many ways to pursue their interests, no matter what they may be.”

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House of Whispers #14 (2019)  //  Vertigo Comics

What is it like to have the House of Whispers as the house next door? One young woman may be about to find out, as a very unexpected domestic mishap leaves her in dire need of aid from Erzulie and Ogun… whether she knows it or not.

Story: Nalo Hopkinson,Dan Watters art: Matthew Dow Smith

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Encyclopedia of Black Comics (2017)

The Encyclopedia of Black Comics, focuses on people of African descent who have published significant works in the United States or have worked across various aspects of the comics industry. 

The book focuses on creators in the field of comics: inkers, illustrators, artists, writers, editors, Black comic historians, Black comic convention creators, website creators, archivists and academics—as well as individuals who may not fit into any category but have made notable achievements within and/or across Black comic culture.

By Sheena C. Howard

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Sheena C. Howard, is the  Past Chair of the Black Caucus (NCA) and Associate Professor of Communication at Rider University. Howard is an award-winning author, including a 2014 Eisner Award winner for her first book, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (2013). She is also the author of Black Queer Identity Matrix (2014) and Critical Articulations of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation (2014). Howard has appeared on NPR (National Public Radio), 900 am WURD, Philadelphia Weekly and CCP-TV as well as other networks and documentaries as an expert on popular culture, race, politics and sexual identity negotiation. She has also written opinion pieces for the Trentonian and the Huffington Post.

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What are those things on her eyes? Are those people that she’s killed? She’s so beautiful and strong and courageous.

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Sometimes you just need to hear how much you mean to someone

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You deserve a relationship that allows you to sleep peacefully at night.

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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (2018)

Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the prejudice and persecution Black Americans endure at the hands of law enforcement. For Patrisse, the most vulnerable people in the country are Black people. Deliberately and ruthlessly targeted by a criminal justice system serving a white privilege agenda, Black people are subjected to unjustifiable racial profiling and police brutality. In 2013, when Trayvon Martin’s killer went free, Patrisse’s outrage led her to co-found Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi.

Condemned as terrorists and as a threat to America, these loving women founded a hashtag that birthed the movement to demand accountability from the authorities who continually turn a blind eye to the injustices inflicted upon people of Black and Brown skin.

Championing human rights in the face of violent racism, Patrisse is a survivor. She transformed her personal pain into political power, giving voice to a people suffering inequality and a movement fueled by her strength and love to tell the country―and the world―that Black Lives Matter.

When They Call You a Terrorist is Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele’s reflection on humanity. It is an empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable.

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors (Author), Asha bandele (Author), Angela Davis (Foreword)

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Yangsze Choo is a fourth generation Malaysian of Chinese descent. Due to a childhood spent in various countries, she can eavesdrop (badly) in several languages. After graduating from Harvard University, she worked as a management consultant and at a startup before writing her first novel. THE GHOST BRIDE, set in colonial Malaya and the elaborate Chinese world of the afterlife, is about a peculiar historic custom called a spirit marriage.

Yangsze lives in California with her husband, two children, and a potential rabbit. She loves to eat and read, and often does both at the same time.

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Great job

Time for a new before and during post🤗

162 today down 83 lbs overall, and down ~26 lbs since Day 1 in FAA.

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some really beautiful african architecture because honestly this site is so western-centric

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Mori’s Family Adventures: South Africa (2017)

Buy the greatest kid’s book in the world! Join Mori and his loving family on an adventure to South Africa. 9x9 hard cover book. 24 pages. In this series, we follow the Godoy family as they travel the world, exploring amazing countries outside of the United States. You will experience the love and unity that is typical in the black family unit while exploring new worlds through the eyes of Mori Godoy, the young boy in the family.

by Geiszel Godoy (Author), David Lenormand (Illustrator)

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Geiszel Godoy is the author of Mori’s Family Adventures. She holds a Masters in Business Management and a Bachelor in Fashion Design.

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AT&T is donating $184,000 to kick off the initiative.

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From the earth comes your nourishment and healing!

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On point.

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The Dora Milaje and The Valkyrior.

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