PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President
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Johnnetta B. Cole
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Multi-Cultural
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Bantam Dell Pub Group; 1st edition (January 1, 1993) |
The first female president of Spelman College in Atlanta cogently discusses racism, feminism, ethnocentrism and the benefits of education as an instrument of political change
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Tar Beach
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Faith Ringgold
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Children's
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Crown Books for Young Readers; 1st ed edition (January 16, 1991) |
In a story based on the author's vibrant quilt painting, eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family
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Lessons in Living
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Susan L. Taylor
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Self-Help
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Random House Inc; 1 Anchor edition (November 1, 1995) |
Taylor, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, intermingles her personal details of career, divorce, parenting and remarriage with strategies for finding inner peace amid the stress of contemporary living
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In the Spirit
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Susan L. Taylor
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Multi-Cultural
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Self-Help
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Amistad Press; (November 1, 1993) |
Taylor, the editor-in-chief of Essence , mixes personal anecdotes, black pride and an upbeat spirituality in these brief essays, many of them reprinted from her magazine
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The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks
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Randall N. Robinson
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Politics
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Dutton Books; (January 3, 2000) |
Randall Robinson, the founder and president of TransAfrica, calls for reparations to African-Americans for the present-day racism that stems from 246 years of slavery
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Nappily Ever After: A Novel
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Trisha R. Thomas
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Women's Fiction
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Crown Publishers; 1st ed edition (December 5, 2000) |
African-American advertising agency executive Venus Johnston shaves her hair (she's sick of wasting hours "relaxing" it), and dumps her long-time marriage-phobic boyfriend, and spends the rest of this debut novel building a new life to match the new woman she's become
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