Download or read book Walk With a T H U G From Ferguson written by Lorenzo Davis and published by Robinson Anderson Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk With a T.H.U.G (Talented, Hardworking, Underrated, Gentleman) From Ferguson is a must read book of poems by Lorenzo Davis, Jr. who shares his transition from the streets to corporate America in hopes to inspire his elders and generations to come.

Download or read book Ferguson and Faith written by Leah Gunning Francis and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, reignited a long-smoldering movement for justice, with many St. Louis-area clergy stepping up to support the emerging young leaders of today's Civil Rights Movement. Seminary professor Leah Gunning Francis was among the activists, and her interviews with more than two dozen faith leaders and with the new movement's organizers take us behind the scenes of the continuing protests. Ferguson and Faith demonstrates that being called to lead a faithful life can take us to places we never expected to go, with people who never expected us to join hands with them. Ferguson and Faith is the first book from the partnership of the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) and Chalice Press.

Download or read book Gendering Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora written by Toyin Falola and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: gendering knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora -- PART I (Re- )writing gender in African and African Diaspora history -- 1 The Bantu Matrilineal Belt: reframing African women's history -- 2 REMAPping the African Diaspora: place, gender and negotiation in Arabian slavery -- 3 Communicating feminist ethics in the age of New Media in Africa -- PART II Gender, migration and identity -- 4 Transnational feminist solidarity, Black German women and the politics of belonging -- 5 Beyond disability: the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and female heroism in Manu Herbstein's Ama -- 6 Reverse migration of Africans in the Diaspora: foregrounding a woman's quest for her roots in Tess Akaeke Onwueme's Legacies -- PART III Gender, subjection and power -- 7 Queens in flight: Fela Kuti's Afrobeat Queens and the performance of "Black" feminist Diasporas -- 8 Women and tfu in Wimbum Community, Cameroon -- 9 Women's agency and peacebuilding in Nigeria's Jos crises -- 10 Contesting the notions of "thugs and welfare queens": combating Black derision and death -- 11 Culture of silence and gender development in Nigeria -- 12 Emasculation, social humiliation and psychological castration in Irene's More than Dancing -- Index

Download or read book Ferguson Missouri 2014 written by Charles Neuf, CPP and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-09 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014 the Writer was an observer of what was happening, as it was happening by monitoring the Social Media's of Face book, Twitter, and the News Media of News Papers, News Letters and (TV) Television. The stories are from inserts from the Media as he many events took place. The experience of having been in real life positions relating too much of what the story is not based on how the Writer might feel what was happening, but on how AMERICA felt was happening at the very time the events took place. This was done by monitoring AMERICA Social Media daily online. for was happening. Many of the tweets were made at the scene where things were and while action was unfolding. News reporters from all over the World were there, some involved in what was going on with the protesters, in marches, interviewing people on the scene, and encouraging destruction of property.

Download or read book Young Love written by Ari and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British is known by her friends as the queen of hustle and once she has her mind set on something she makes it happen by any means necessary. Growing up with a crack head for a mother and no father figure, she knows struggle first hand. She learned at a young age that using your head and never your heart is the only way to survive. British refuses to be anyone’s crutch and has never let her guard down long enough to let a man into her life after suffering the biggest heartbreak that she would ever experience. Until she meets Malik, a hustler and entrepreneur with the mindset of a boss. Once he lays eyes on British he knows he has to have her and he will stop at nothing to win her heart. Journey is an overachiever who grew up constantly being scrutinized. Nothing she ever did or said was good enough in her parent’s eyes. The constant mental abuse she suffered as a child has molded her to believe that she is not worthy of much. Now as a woman, she struggles with being true to who she truly is and always aims to please everyone around her. No one but her friends know the real her, not even her boyfriend Tyler whom she has been dating for 3 years. But when Journey finds that Tyler has some secrets of his own, she discovers that he is not the man she once thought she knew. In midst of it all, Journey finally sets out to find the woman she has always longed to be. Fatima is the epitome of ghetto fabulous. Growing up as the middle child of 6 children and with a mother who cared more about her latest man then them, Fatima was left to fend for her siblings. Now she uses her assets to get her to wherever and to whomever she wants. Fatima A.K.A Stormy is the hottest stripper in Chicago and wears the title like a crown. Men fall at her feet and she has no shame in taking what’s hers. She meets Bands a young hustler who she believes has a good head on his shoulders. Fatima instantly takes a liking to him and they both set out to conquer the world together until a curve ball is thrown in the game. As she searches to find out the truth, Fatima finds herself in a dangerous situation that she can’t get herself out of. For the first time in her life she follows her heart instead of head. Quiana is a preacher’s daughter and has always been taught to uphold the values that have been stored in her from birth. Suffering from constant beatings, has taught her to hide her pain and to always show a brave face no matter what. Quiana grows tired of being the sheltered naive girl after her parents press the issue of marriage. Quiana meets Tank, a drug dealing music producer who she finds herself falling for. Just when she starts to believe that her life has finally changed for the better, it all begins to crumble from underneath her. Quiana is left to sort out her feelings for Tank as well as deal with the backlash from her parents after they discover her deceit. British, Journey, Fatima, and Quiana are four friends who grew up in the same hood. Growing up in Chicago has been tough on them all, but they managed to weather the storm together. Secrets, betrayal, and lies threaten to tear them apart. Can they manage to keep their bond intact or will circumstances tear them apart?

Download or read book The Boss written by Michael Crick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferguson's own autobiography was a great bestseller on its publication in 1999. But Fergie's book told the story through only one pair of eyes. Now, Michael Crick, acclaimed biographer of Jeffrey Archer, writes the first fully rounded, independent portrait of Sir Alex. From his roots as a Govan trade unionist to the current peaks of world football, Crick applies the same forensic skills he applied to his study of the disgraced Tory peer. Through hundreds of interviews with those who've known and worked with Sir Alex, and delving back through the archives, Michael Crick explores the money and the politics of football, the bust-ups, the fights, and those memorable moments of glory. Charismatic and charming, volcanic and ruthless, searingly ambitious and astonishingly successful. What makes Sir Alex Ferguson tick? How did this complex character become the most successful manager in British football, producing -- first at Aberdeen and now at Manchester United -- two of the most prolific trophy-grabbing machines in the modern game? THE BOSS is essential reading not just for Manchester United fans and football followers in general, but for anyone interested in the skills of successful management.

Download or read book Policing the Planet written by Jordan T. Camp and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How policing became the major political issue of our time Combining firsthand accounts from activists with the research of scholars and reflections from artists, Policing the Planet traces the global spread of the broken-windows policing strategy, first established in New York City under Police Commissioner William Bratton. It’s a doctrine that has vastly broadened police power the world over—to deadly effect. With contributions from #BlackLivesMatter cofounder Patrisse Cullors, Ferguson activist and Law Professor Justin Hansford, Director of New York–based Communities United for Police Reform Joo-Hyun Kang, poet Martín Espada, and journalist Anjali Kamat, as well as articles from leading scholars Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Robin D. G. Kelley, Naomi Murakawa, Vijay Prashad, and more, Policing the Planet describes ongoing struggles from New York to Baltimore to Los Angeles, London, San Juan, San Salvador, and beyond.

Download or read book Come Rain Or Come Shine written by Rachel Garlinghouse and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you prepared to adopt and parent transracially? Transracial adoption can be a daunting and exhilarating journey. At times you feel incredibly isolated and lost. However, with this conversational and practical guide in hand, you will be able to adopt with confidence and parent with education, empathy, and enthusiasm. Whether you are new to adoption, a seasoned adoptive parent, or you are an adoptee, birth parent, or adoption professional, COME RAIN OR COME SHINE will enhance your understanding and appreciation for transracial adoption. The book contains extensive resource lists, discussion/reflection questions for adoptive parents, and advice and research from experts in the adoption field. Recommended by MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry: "We had an amazing guest on the MHP show about a year ago who is white and raising black adopted children, Rachel Garlinghouse. I love her book Come Rain or Come Shine: A White Parent's Guide to Adopting and Parenting Black Children." (from Jezebel, Melissa Harris-Perry Answers Your Questions, 4/6/14)

Download or read book A Citizen S Perspective written by Paul Schwartz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of my columns for the Montgomery County Sentinel during the period leading up to and including the 2016 election season. These weekly columns for the Sentinel, which began in February of 2015, comprise the content of this book. The topics are topics that captured the attention of the members of our society. As such, these columns represent a snapshot of the issues we have faced and my analysis of them. I have categorized the columns under six themes relating to societal challenges, such as those that we experienced somewhat recently in Baltimore and Charleston; needed steps to improve our communities, such as our failing infrastructure; today's political landscape, including voter identification to fix a nonexistent problem; the impact of Supreme Court rulings; campaigns and candidate interviews; and the economy, which includes the ever-shrinking middle class and its relation to the Reagan cure-alltrickle-down economics. More than anything, these columns are intended to capture the hypocrisy rampant throughout today's society. As you will see as you read these columns in order from earlier to later, some prognostication was a bit more accurate than others. Please consider the time frame within which each column was written as you read them. While the columns cover more than just what has turned out to be a presidential election like no other before it, it is the 2016 election that is the main focus of this book. However, it was always my intention in writing these columns to capture the many challenges we face as a society, provide you with my own personal perspective on those challenges, and motivate the reader to consider widening his or her own perspectives on the various issues reflected in the columns. I will leave it to the reader to determine if I succeeded.

Download or read book Entangled written by K. Elliott and published by kevin douglas. This book was released on 2003 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unprotected Sex, Murder, Disloyalty and Payoffs are all included in this street-life thriller. Entangled is a Love Story between a major drug trafficker and a history teacher. The subplots includes a black DEA agent with divided loyalty. He wants to do his job and rid the streets of drugs but on the other hand he knows that the system is corrupt and it targets minorities. This story has all the elements of a major motion picture.

Download or read book The Presumption written by D. Marvin Jones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful book on racism in the United States argues that a threatening narrative originating in slavery continues to link Black people to inferiority, dangerousness, and crime, causing them to be presumed guilty by society and U.S. legal systems. Why are Black people stopped, arrested, and shot by police at such a high rate? Why are they portrayed in the media as gangbangers and urban thugs? D. Marvin Jones writes that the problem of race lies in the way Blackness has been inextricably knotted together in our culture with presumptions. In the era of segregation this was a presumption of inferiority, but in our era, it is primarily a presumption of dangerousness or criminality. In chapters on slavery, urban spaces, the drug war, media portrayals, and white spaces, he shows how the presumption of guilt continues to shape the treatment of Black people in the United States. Arguing that this presumption is not simply a matter of hate on the part of individuals, but instead a social process linked to a widely shared racial ideology, The Presumption points out the continuation of racial caste in the United States as a crisis for democracy and provides a blueprint for a kind of second Reconstruction.

Download or read book Delusions of Grandeur written by A L Masters and published by A L Masters. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spence Hargreaves has been luxuriating in a local blues festival, held in wintry Malmesbury. It is not quite his god, Eric, but it was pretty good. But then his world is turned upside down as he and his Superintendent receive a bizarre communication. Follow Spence Hargreaves and his team as they are hurled into their latest investigation. ‘Spence’ finds himself drawn into the deluded world of a serial-killer, and this time things get very personal. Will Spence and his team be able to unravel the sick world into which they have been thrust? As things deteriorate, it seems that only disaster looms as a media frenzy threatens to jeapordise the investigation while the killer teases and plays with Spence’s mind. “Delusions of Grandeur” is the second of the “Spence Hargreaves” stories, following on from “Malicious Obsession”. You’ll be wanting more…

Download or read book The Heavenly Twins of Boston Baseball written by Donald Hubbard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball was a rough sport in the nineteenth century and no one played the game with more vigor (and often violence) than Hall of Famers Hugh Duffy and Tommy McCarthy, dubbed "The Heavenly Twins." This book details their professional history playing for Boston Beaneaters teams and personal experiences with baseball, faith, and legendary Boston baseball scribe Tim Murnane. The book also traces their minor league careers and post-professional baseball activities.

Download or read book A COMPARTMENTALIZED LIFE written by John Stephen Parker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, John Stephen Parker acknowledges that from the moment he began to gain his own personal beliefs and establish his own foundation for life as a young boy, he also gained an ability to compartmentalize people, events, and experiences. John has found that this is both a blessing and a curse to have been given this ability. Having seen a great deal of life from both ends of the spectrum, and living through year after year with all the changes, both triumphant and tragic, that has compounded his life, he can tell you that he sees in his mind that which sometimes his own eyes and the eyes of others doubt. His stories are about true life, love, relationships, marriage, music, all with the backdrop of a career in coaching, and trials that go along with the profession. This book focuses on many of the tribulations of life, with many humorous and occasionally disheartening sagas of which many people will without a doubt relate to.

Download or read book The Assault on Communities of Color written by Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is not post-racial, despite claims otherwise. The days of lynching have been replaced with a pernicious modern racism and race-based violence equally strong and more difficult to untangle. This violence too often results in the killing of Black Americans, particularly males. While society may believe we have transcended race, contemporary history tells another story with the recent killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and others. While their deaths are tragic, the greater tragedy is that incidents making the news are only a fraction of the assault on communities of color in. This volume takes seriously the need for concentrated and powerful dialogue to emerge in the wake of these murders that illuminates the assault in a powerful and provocative way. Through a series of essays, written by leading and emerging academics in the field of race studies, the short “conversations” in this collection challenge readers to contemplate the myth of post-raciality, and the real nature of the assaults on communities of color. The essays in this volume, all under 2000 words, cut to the heart of the matter using current assaults as points of departure and is relevant to education, sociology, law, social work, and criminology.

Download or read book Shady Lady written by Ann Aguirre and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View our feature on Ann Aguirre's Shady Lady. Whenever Corine Solomon touches an object, she immediately knows its history. But the future concerns her more when former ally Kel Ferguson wlaks through her door with a warning for her: the Montoya cartel is coming for her-but they don't just pack guns. They use warlocks, shamans and voodoo priests. And Corine has become enemy number one...

Download or read book All American Boys written by Jason Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension. A bag of chips. That’s all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad’s pleadings that he’s stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad’s resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad’s every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn Collins—a varsity basketball player and Rashad’s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan—and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team—half of whom are Rashad’s best friends—start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. Written in tandem by two award-winning authors, this four-starred reviewed tour de force shares the alternating perspectives of Rashad and Quinn as the complications from that single violent moment, the type taken directly from today’s headlines, unfold and reverberate to highlight an unwelcome truth.