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Ladies’ Pages: African American Women’s Magazines and the Culture That Made Them (Kindle Edition)

Beginning in the late nineteenth century, mainstream magazines established ideal images of white female culture, while comparable African American periodicals were cast among the shadows. In Ladies Pages, Noliwe Rooks sheds light on the most influential African American women?s magazines and their little-known success in shaping the lives of black women. Focusing on three early African American publications, Ringwood?s Afro American Journal of Fashion, Half-Century Magazine for the Colored Homemaker, and Tan Confessions, as well as two contemporary magazines, Essence and O, the Oprah Magazine, Rooks reveals their contributions to the development of African American culture over the past century and the ways in which they in turn reflect important historical changes in the black community. Ladies? Pages shows that what African American women wore, bought, consumed, read, cooked, and did at home with their families were all fair game, and the early magazines offere (more…)

Ladies’ Pages: African American Women’s Magazines and the Culture That Made Them (Kindle Edition)

Beginning in the late nineteenth century, mainstream magazines established ideal images of white female culture, while comparable African American periodicals were cast among the shadows. In Ladies Pages, Noliwe Rooks sheds light on the most influential African American women?s magazines and their little-known success in shaping the lives of black women. Focusing on three early African American publications, Ringwood?s Afro American Journal of Fashion, Half-Century Magazine for the Colored Homemaker, and Tan Confessions, as well as two contemporary magazines, Essence and O, the Oprah Magazine, Rooks reveals their contributions to the development of African American culture over the past century and the ways in which they in turn reflect important historical changes in the black community. Ladies? Pages shows that what African American women wore, bought, consumed, read, cooked, and did at home with their families were all fair game, and the early magazines offere (more…)

Wavy, Curly, Kinky : The African American Child’s Hair Care Guide (Paperback)

Your hands-on guide to the best care for your child’s hair Now taking care of your child’s hair can be fun, easy, and trouble-free! In Wavy, Curly, Kinky, renowned stylist Deborah Lilly shows parents the best ways to style and maintain African American boys’ and girls’ hair from infancy to the preteen years. She presents clear, easy-to-follow hair care guidelines for the three different types of African American hair and gives you expert recommendations for the best products and techniques for each hair type. Featuring step-by-step instructions, photographs, illustrations, and a helpful question-and-answer section, this comprehensive, user-friendly guide shows you how to: Determine your child’s hair texture Get up to speed on hair care basics from washing to combing to braiding Press, relax, or texturize hair Weigh the pros and cons of cutting your child’s hair Train, nurture, and manage problem hair Keep your child’s hair heal (more…)

Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Boys (Paperback)

Amazon.com Review
In 1992 two mothers founded Black Books Galore, the nation’s leading organizer of African American children’s book festivals, and set out to identify and distribute fine children’s literature that was for and about African American kids. Ultimately, authors Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker selected a stellar assortment of books for boys from birth through eighth grade for inclusion in this fabulous resource for boys (as well as hundreds more in the version for girls: Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books About Girls). Parents, teachers, librarians, and kids themselves will find this an invaluable resource, as well as a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience. The authors include brief, lively descriptions of over 350 books, such as Charlie Parker Played Be Bop and The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, often including text excerpts and pictures of book covers to impart the flavor of the books. They inc (more…)

Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Boys (Paperback)

Amazon.com Review
In 1992 two mothers founded Black Books Galore, the nation’s leading organizer of African American children’s book festivals, and set out to identify and distribute fine children’s literature that was for and about African American kids. Ultimately, authors Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker selected a stellar assortment of books for boys from birth through eighth grade for inclusion in this fabulous resource for boys (as well as hundreds more in the version for girls: Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books About Girls). Parents, teachers, librarians, and kids themselves will find this an invaluable resource, as well as a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience. The authors include brief, lively descriptions of over 350 books, such as Charlie Parker Played Be Bop and The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, often including text excerpts and pictures of book covers to impart the flavor of the books. They inc (more…)

Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Boys (Paperback)

Amazon.com Review
In 1992 two mothers founded Black Books Galore, the nation’s leading organizer of African American children’s book festivals, and set out to identify and distribute fine children’s literature that was for and about African American kids. Ultimately, authors Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker selected a stellar assortment of books for boys from birth through eighth grade for inclusion in this fabulous resource for boys (as well as hundreds more in the version for girls: Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books About Girls). Parents, teachers, librarians, and kids themselves will find this an invaluable resource, as well as a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience. The authors include brief, lively descriptions of over 350 books, such as Charlie Parker Played Be Bop and The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, often including text excerpts and pictures of book covers to impart the flavor of the books. They inc (more…)

Dismantling Black Manhood (Studies in African American History and Culture) (Library Binding)

Synopsis
Drawing on documents between 1794 and 1863, shows how the forms and symbols of manhood in pre-colonial West Africa were destroyed by slavery, and how male slaves strove to redefine what it meant to be an adult male in the absence of the communal discussion. Captivity is shown to have erased not only the rites of manhood the functions and activities

From the Back Cover
This book examines the social, economic, and cultural factors that have produced the current crisis in African American masculinity, tracing the development of concepts of manhood from pre-colonial West Africa through the Emancipation Proclamation in America. The study begins with an exploration of the cultural context of manhood and the social development of boys into men in West Africa which was based on the rites of passage and the mastery of such social skills as hunting and farming. Enslavement annihilated this unambiguous social status. Denied the possibility of fulfilling the necessary so (more…)

Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children’s Books for Boys (Paperback)

Review
By Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker, offer advice on finding and choosing the best African–American books for children. ––Diane Parker

“Offers a wonderful overview of literature with black children in its focus.” ?Jim Trelease, author The Read–Aloud Handbook on Black Books Galore! These are exciting times for African American children?s literature. Never before have there been so many titles available. Now two of the mothers who founded Black Books Galore!?the nation?s leading organizer of festivals of African American children?s books?and the authors of the highly acclaimed Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children?s Books share their expert advice on how to find and choose the best African American books in two new fully annotated guides?one featuring boys, one featuring girls?open the door to a wonderful world of reading for children. Discover hundreds of young black heroes, heroines, and positive role models of every (more…)

Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children’s Books for Girls (Paperback)

Review
By Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker, offer advice on finding and choosing the best African–American books for children. ––Diane Patrick

“Offers a wonderful overview of literature with black children in its focus.” ?Jim Trelease, author The Read–Aloud Handbook on Black Books Galore! These are exciting times for African American children?s literature. Never before have there been so many titles available. Now two of the mothers who founded Black Books Galore!?the nation?s leading organizer of festivals of African American children?s books?and the authors of the highly acclaimed Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children?s Books share their expert advice on how to find and choose the best African American books in two new fully annotated guides?one featuring boys, one featuring girls?open the door to a wonderful world of reading for children. Discover hundreds of young black heroes, heroines, and positive role models of every (more…)