Download or read book I Am Umoja written by Noni Ervin and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Umoja written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book We Will Shoot Back written by Akinyele Omowale Umoja and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ranging from Reconstruction to the Black Power period, this thoroughly and creatively researched book effectively challenges long-held beliefs about the Black Freedom Struggle. It should make it abundantly clear that the violence/nonviolence dichotomy is too simple to capture the thinking of Black Southerners about the forms of effective resistance."—Charles M. Payne, University of Chicago The notion that the civil rights movement in the southern United States was a nonviolent movement remains a dominant theme of civil rights memory and representation in popular culture. Yet in dozens of southern communities, Black people picked up arms to defend their leaders, communities, and lives. In particular, Black people relied on armed self-defense in communities where federal government officials failed to safeguard activists and supporters from the violence of racists and segregationists, who were often supported by local law enforcement. In We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that armed resistance was critical to the efficacy of the southern freedom struggle and the dismantling of segregation and Black disenfranchisement. Intimidation and fear were central to the system of oppression in Mississippi and most of the Deep South. To overcome the system of segregation, Black people had to overcome fear to present a significant challenge to White domination. Armed self-defense was a major tool of survival in allowing some Black southern communities to maintain their integrity and existence in the face of White supremacist terror. By 1965, armed resistance, particularly self-defense, was a significant factor in the challenge of the descendants of enslaved Africans to overturning fear and intimidation and developing different political and social relationships between Black and White Mississippians. This riveting historical narrative relies upon oral history, archival material, and scholarly literature to reconstruct the use of armed resistance by Black activists and supporters in Mississippi to challenge racist terrorism, segregation, and fight for human rights and political empowerment from the early 1950s through the late 1970s. Akinyele Omowale Umoja is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University, where he teaches courses on the history of the Civil Rights, Black Power, and other social movements.
Download or read book Algorithms of Oppression written by Safiya Umoja Noble and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the power of algorithms -- A society, searching -- Searching for Black girls -- Searching for people and communities -- Searching for protections from search engines -- The future of knowledge in the public -- The future of information culture -- Conclusion: algorithms of oppression -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author
Download or read book Social Justice and Activism in Libraries written by Su Epstein and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a rapidly changing world with myriad conflicting voices, the library's role as a place of safety and inclusion and as a repository of knowledge cannot be overstated. Librarians must serve as community leaders with a mission to educate and inform, ready to model the principles they support. The question for many is: how? Experienced librarians offer ideas and guidance in seeking new creative paths, working to support change in library organizations and reexamining principles that may be taken for granted. Theoretical foundations are discussed, along with practical ideas such as the creation a book groups for the intellectually disabled and partnership with social workers or advocates for employees with disabilities.
Download or read book The Love of Umoja Had Kept It Strong written by Dan Knight and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE UMOJA CLUB AT KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE AND THE FOUNDER OF THE UMOJA IN LOVE TO FOR ACTION TO SAVE COMMUNITY AT CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO NAMES IS THE LATTER GIVES THE PRESCRIPTION FOR SUCCESS WHEREAS THE FORMER TAKES IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOU KNOW THAT. I ALWAYS GIVE THE EXAMPLE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT A OPEN HAND WHAT YOU SEE IS A UNITY THAT IS UNAWARE UNTIL YOU BALL UP YOUR FIST AND THEN IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT WE ARE ONE. THE WHOLE IDEA OF AFRICA AS A CONTINENTAL COUNTRY THAT WE CONTROL AS A 1 BILLION STRONG GLOBAL ARMY AIR-FORCE NAVY AND MARINES ALONG WITH SPECIAL OPPS AND SOME FORM OF INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AGENCY. THE UNITED STATES OF CONTINENTAL ALKU-BULAND OR MOTHER AFRICA IS A ORIGINAL IDEA ONLY IN MY VISION AND PLAN BUT THE IDEA HAS BEEN IN THE MINDS OF MANY OTHERS BEFORE ME AND MAY BE IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE MANY YEARS LONG AFTER I AM ON SPACE SHIPS TRAVELING THE GALAXIES AND RECONNECTING WITH THE BEINGS WHO CONSTITUTE THE OTHER WORLDS THAT PEOPLE FAIL TO REALIZE EXIST AND DO HAVE REAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SEEMING REALITY THAT IS REALLY A NON REALITY TO COVER FOR THE COVERT IDEA THAT GOD OUR FATHER IS SITTING IN HEAVEN AND HIS FEET IS ON EARTH SO THE SOONER WE GET THAT IN OUR LITTLE MORTAL SKULLS THE BETTER THE ENTIRE HUMAN POPULATION WILL BE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF BIG MIND AND POCKETS THAT COULD BE FILLED UP MANY TIMES OVER AND WE WOULD STILL NEED A BRINK TRUCK TO SHOW UP 1 MILLION MORE TIMES WITH AT LEAST 1 MILLION IN HAND AT EVERY STOP AND IT IS NOT EVEN THE IDEA OF READY CASH THAT IS SO APPEALING BUT RATHER THE IDEA OF BEING POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ATTRACT THAT KIND OF CAPITAL AND IF WE BEGIN TO INVEST IN THE HUMAN CAPITAL THAT WE SO ROUTINELY TAKE FOR GRANTED THEN WE WILL GET THE POINT OF BEING BLESSED WITH EACH OTHERS COLLECTIVE COMPANY WITH INDIVIDUAL TALENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE WHOLE OF OUR UNIVERSE THAT IS CONSTANTLY EXPANDING AND GOING INTO AREAS THAT WE FAIL TO APPRECIATE SOMETIMES UNTIL THE SO CALL PROVERBIAL SO AND SO HITS THE FAN I AM REMINDED OF MANY LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE CAME MY WAY AND NOT TO MENTION LOVERS WHO WERE LADIES THAT HELD MY ATTENTION FOR MORE THAN ONE SENTIMENTAL REASON BECAUSE I HAVE LOVED MANY WOMAN IN MY 52 YEARS OF LIVING EVEN THOUGH I AM MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN BY TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN BECAUSE THE FIRST WOMAN I HAD CHILDREN BY WAS MY COMMON LAW WIFE AND I STILL LOVE HER JUST AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE ONE WITH THE FORMAL PIECE OF PAPER AND I LOVE ALL THE CHILDREN TO THE TUNE OF 13 AND ALL ARE LIVING EXCEPT FOR TWO THAT WERE AND ARE DECEASED BUT I THANK THE ONE AND GREAT CREATOR FOR MY JOURNEY I HAVE HAD A EXPERIMENT AS A YOUNG MAN IN HAVING MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND I CAN SAY ALL THE WOMEN THAT I CAME IN CONTACT WITH WERE LOVED EQUALLY BY ME BECAUSE THEY ALL LOVED AND OR SHOWED COMPASSION AND CONCERN AND TENDERNESS FOR ME I THINK THAT WE GET INTO THE IDEA OF LIVING LIFE A CERTAIN WAY ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF SOCIETY BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A TENDENCY TO WANT TO THINK THAT THEY WILL FIT IN WHEN NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER THAN THE TRUTH ON ONE HAND IT IS TRUE THAT YOU WILL BE A PART OF A GREATER WHOLE AS IS IN THE CASE OF YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC BUT YOR ARE NOT A STATISTIC YOU ARE IN FACT A DESIGNER ORIGINAL OF THE MOST HIGH ONE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE AND HE HAS EQUIPPED LIKE NO ONE BEFORE YOU TO DO ALL YOU WILL DO DURING YOUR TIME ON EARTH AND IN THE UNIVERSAL TRAVELS YOU WILL TAKE WHILE ON THIS PRIMAL PLANE AND IT IS MY AIM TO SHOW YOU YOUR HIGHER AND FREE SPIRITUAL SELF THAT HAS NO LIMITATIONS AND NO FRUSTRATIONS ONLY LOVE AND ELEVATIONS FROM WITHIN A GREAT AND NEVER ENDING RESOURCE IN YOUR ETERNAL AND EVER GROWING AND UNCONQUERABLE SOUL SO I GIVE TO YOU THE KEYS OF THE UNIVERSE THAT ARE ALREADY IN YOUR HEADS TO UNLOCK THE LOCK THAT ONLY YOU ALLOWED TO BE PLACED THERE ONE DAY WHEN YOU FORGOT WHO YOU REALLY ARE AND WHO YOU WERE CREATED TO BECOME AND THEN BECOMING A LIE LIVED A LIE SO THAT IS OVER NOW YOU CAN LIVE FREE FOREVERMORE WITH LUV
Download or read book Manzili s 7 Journeys written by Camilo Kareem Casey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stealthily, the jaguar boy crept from Umoja the banana tree and scoured the darkness of the hull of the boat in search of Yucca. He listened and looked for any sign of the monkey. Sniffing for his pet?s familiar scent, the jaguar boy turned his nose in every direction. He searched the food storage area, the sleeping quarters, in crevices, but no monkey?no meal! After eating the Olmec queen?s bananas (the only bananas in the western hemisphere), Manzili is sent on a journey to find another banana tree. The return of a banana tree and Manzili?s fates are intertwined. If he does not return with the banana tree before the New Year, he will be permanently transformed into a jaguar. This adventurous tale of this Olmec boy and his pet spider monkey takes you on an adventure around the world. Manzili has many encounters with strange animals and earthly elements and learns the importance of morals, values and principles of life. I hope this story will pique your interest in how so many things came to be and provoke you to ask questions, even questions to which the answers may not yet be known, questions to which you might one day find the answers! Get ready for intrigue and wonder in MANZILI?S 7 JOURNEYS!
Download or read book Teacher Education and Black Communities written by Chance W. Lewis and published by IAP. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of education has been and will continue to be essential to the survival and sustainability of the Black community. Unfortunately, over the past five decades, two major trends have become clearly evident in the Black community: (a) the decline of the academic achievement levels of Black students and (b) the disappearance of Black teachers, particularly Black males. Today, of the 3.5 million teachers in America’s classrooms (AACTE, 2010) only 8% are Black teachers, and approximately 2% of these teachers are Black males (NCES, 2010). Over the past few decades, the Black teaching force in the U.S. has dropped significantly (Lewis, 2006; Lewis, Bonner, Byrd, & James, 2008; Milner & Howard, 2004), and this educational crisis shows no signs of ending in the near future. As the population of Black students in K-12 schools in the U. S. continue to rise—currently over 16% of students in America’s schools are Black (NCES, 2010)—there is an urgent need to increase the presence of Black educators. The overall purpose of this edited volume is to stimulate thought and discussion among diverse audiences (e.g., policymakers, practitioners, and educational researchers) who are concerned about the performance of Black students in our nation’s schools, and to provide evidence-based strategies to expand our nation’s pool of Black teachers. To this end, it is our hope that this book will contribute to the teacher education literature and will inform the teacher education policy and practice debate.
Download or read book The Pencil Test written by James Guilford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kendry wants a life as hearty and remarkable as the lives of the black girls...Kendry wants to smoke marijuana and be bold enough to announce it on a crowded train. Kendry wants the black girls' struggles, their tragedies, and their poverty and resilience. Kendry wants to stand among them and complain sassily about her mother. Most of all, Kendry wants to be their friend. Kendry wants to belong. As the daughter of a drug-addict and a victim of school bullying, Kendry Clare longs for a better life. Her mother's financial ruin provides Kendry with just this opportunity. On her first day at Paul Lawrence Dunbar, an all-black high school, Kendry tells a reckless lie that initiates a chain of events that catapults her into popularity and, ultimately, controversy.
Download or read book Umoja written by Lenora Sasteh Lashley-Walters and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a simple and beautiful way of showing how everything is connected. It is a creation story, in essence, for children. Umoja speaks of the beginning of time, and how things were created. It speaks of the connection that we all have to the Creator. Umoja is a Kiswahili word that means unity. The book tells of the connection between all things.
Download or read book Black Love Is a Revolutionary ACT written by Umoja and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The biggest problem in Black America isn't crime, drugs, poverty, or inferior schools; it's the Black gender war between the Black male and female. Black Love Is A Revolutionary Act exposes the secret war that has been waged against the Black man and woman for over 500 years by America's power-elite-- and how they benefit from our destruction. The 13 Recipes for Black Gender Wars lays bare the manufactured confusion, conflicts, myths, and deceptions that are ripping black male and female relationships apart - and what we must do to neutralize them."-- p. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization Study Guide written by Anthony Browder and published by . This book was released on 1992-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Browder's book, Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization, is about correctinf some of these misconceptions so the reader, in fact, cane be introduced to a Nile Valley Civilizations in order to understand its role as the parent of future civilizations.
Download or read book The Interracial Con Game written by Umoja and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From reality and trash-talk TV shows to sensationalized "black" relationship books, blacks are bombarded with a daily barrage of negative (and false) information about black-on-black love. On the heels of all this "black love is bad" news comes the mainstream media's manufactured cure for black relationship woes: interracial relationships with whites. What is the real agenda behind the promotion of interracial relationships -- and why are black males and females the main targets? "The Interracial Con Game" will provide some interesting and controversial answers -- and some long overdue food for thought. This politically-incorrect book reveals how interracial sex is used as a weapon of mass mind and body destruction and what black males and females must do to ensure our genetic, economic, and psychological survival.
Download or read book Ebony written by and published by . This book was released on 1982-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Download or read book Violent juvenile crime written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My First Kwanzaa written by Karen Katz and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl describes how she and her family celebrate the seven days of Kwanzaa.
Download or read book Ratchetdemic written by Christopher Emdin and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary new educational model that encourages educators to provide spaces for students to display their academic brilliance without sacrificing their identities Building on the ideas introduced in his New York Times best-selling book, For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood, Christopher Emdin introduces an alternative educational model that will help students (and teachers) celebrate ratchet identity in the classroom. Ratchetdemic advocates for a new kind of student identity—one that bridges the seemingly disparate worlds of the ivory tower and the urban classroom. Because modern schooling often centers whiteness, Emdin argues, it dismisses ratchet identity (the embodying of “negative” characteristics associated with lowbrow culture, often thought to be possessed by people of a particular ethnic, racial, or socioeconomic status) as anti-intellectual and punishes young people for straying from these alleged “academic norms,” leaving young people in classrooms frustrated and uninspired. These deviations, Emdin explains, include so-called “disruptive behavior” and a celebration of hip-hop music and culture. Emdin argues that being “ratchetdemic,” or both ratchet and academic (like having rap battles about science, for example), can empower students to embrace themselves, their backgrounds, and their education as parts of a whole, not disparate identities. This means celebrating protest, disrupting the status quo, and reclaiming the genius of youth in the classroom.
