Download or read book Sistahs in College written by Juanita Johnson-Bailey and published by Krieger Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A depiction of college through the eyes of non-traditional women students. It chronicles the painful, joyous and often humorous experiences of eight black women. In addition, the author shares their recommendations and insights regarding the process of schooling.

Download or read book What Brothers Think What Sistahs Know written by Denene Millner and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Sistahs' Rules and her husband comes a Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus for African Americans.Denene Millner's sassy, shrewd reaction to The Rules became a bestseller. The Sistahs' Rules spent six months on the BlackBoard list. Then, proving the value of her own advice about dating and mating, Denene married Brother Mr. Right, Nick Chiles. Once she'd laid claim to his heart, she took a really long look at his head to find out what his words and actions really meant. Together they decided to go boldly where few couples dare: inside the minds of a sistah and a brotha to reveal the real deal on what Black men think of commitment, monogamy, and other mysteries--and what sistahs know about staying true to themselves. What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know is the first book for African Americans that decodes the inscrutable ways of the opposite sex. In this funny, honest, provocative book, Millner and Chiles step across the great divide to create--once and for all--real understanding between sistahs and brothers. They give the real deal on: * The perfect date * Why brothers think all sistahs are angry * Why so many men could run down Michael Johnson in an effort to escape commitment * Whether it's fair for sistahs to scream when brothers chase white girls * Why good sex matters What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know covers everything from first dates to lasting commitments, from myths and misunderstandings between brothas and sistahs to the kind of communication that fosters love and respect. It reveals, for the very first time, the motivations and fears coursing through that warm-blooded animal on the other side of the bed.

Download or read book When a Sistah s Fed Up written by Monica F. Anderson and published by Tymac Books. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith Henry, the first African American mayor of Ulysses, Texas, finds her perfect life unravelling as she struggles to save her career and salvage her marriage.

Download or read book College and the Working Class written by Allison L. Hurst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the meanings, experiences, and impact of college for working-class people? The author of this book addresses the two questions, what is college like for working-class students, and what is college for the working class? In The Other Three Percent, the author draws on a wealth of previous research to tell the stories of five very different working-class college students as they apply to, enter, successfully navigate, and complete college. Through these stories readers will learn about the obstacles working-class students face and overcome, the costs and effectiveness of higher education as a mechanism of social mobility, and the problems caused on our college campuses by our reticence to meaningfully confront the class divide. Readers will be invited to compare their own experiences of higher education with those of the students here described, and to evaluate their own institutions’ openness towards working-class students through a series of checklists provided in the book’s conclusion. Allison L. Hurst is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. She is a member of the Association of Working-Class Academics.

Download or read book A Syllabus for Black Women written by Thaïs Bass-Moore and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical, real, how-to guide to help women in college make good choices, particularly outside of the classroom. Academically Black women are killin' it, but it's the more personal stuff that keeps us from maximizing our potential. It is impossible for someone to be completely successful academically if they consistently make poor choices in their personal life. Some of the 110 life lessons include, "Thirsty", "He Is Not Your Father", "Feeling Overlooked", "She is Not Your Competitor", and "You Are Loved." Based largely upon the author's experiences at UCLA, this book is a must-read for African-American women in college. However, all women can benefit from this book. Written in an easy to digest format, this book is designed to empower and transform.

Download or read book T shirt Makeovers written by Sistahs of Harlem and published by Glitterati Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your old or weary, new and funky or just plain cotton comfy T-shirt and turn it into a fashion statement.

Download or read book Flyy Girl written by Omar Tyree and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a fresh new voice with talent to burn comes this brash bitter sweet novel about Tracy Ellison, a young girl with knockout looks, slanted hazel eyes, tall hair, and attitude, as she comes of age during the hip-hop era. Motivated by the material life, Tracy, her friends, and the young men who will do anything to get next to them are plunged into a world of violence, gratuitous sex, and heartbreak. Slowly, Tracy begins to examine her life, her goals, and her sexuality—as she evolves from a Flyy Girl into a woman. A captivating tale, written with fluid narrative and contemporary dialect, Flyy Girl captures the complete feel and sounds of the streets and is destined to become an urban classic.

Download or read book Black Female Undergraduates on Campus written by Crystal R. Chambers and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intends to identify both successes and challenges faced by Black female students accessing and matriculating through institutions of higher education. This volume is aimed toward garnering an understanding of the educational trajectories and experiences of Black females, independent of and in comparison to their peers.

Download or read book Creating a Place for Adult Learners in Higher Education written by Amy D. Rose and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating a Place for Adult Learners in Higher Education offers deep insights into how to attract, teach, support, and retain students over the age of 25 – an important yet often overlooked student group. Comprehensive in scope, this book covers all the main aspects of adult students’ relationships with higher education institutions: recruitment, admissions, and financing; course and program provision and teaching approaches; and student support, retention, and completion. The discussion is bolstered by chapters of analysis on adult student demographics (including both diversities and commonalities), exploration of leadership challenges, and discussion of measurements of success. Drawing from the most up-to-date research as well as practical experience and descriptions of best practices by programs historically serving adults, the authors provide a broad set of strategies and recommendations to place adult students at the center of the educational process. Higher education leaders, practitioners, and administrators will find this book an invaluable resource as they seek to better account for and support this key student group, which now comprises approximately 30% of the US undergraduate population.

Download or read book Recruitment and Retention of Race Group Students in American Higher Education written by C. Dwayne Wilson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-01-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges to American college and university affirmative action and racial and ethnic diversity initiatives were resolved by the Supreme Court in its 2003 decisions in the University of Michigan case. Those decisions affirmed, as a compelling interest, the attainment of racially diverse student bodies in higher education. The Court's decisions and the predicted increases over the next decade in the numbers of race and ethnic group high school graduates have reinforced and in some cases strengthened the resolve of college and university officials that the positive returns from affirmative action and racial diversity are real and worth pursuing. The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide a record of the research, scholarship, and programs for recruitment and retention of African American, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian American, Latino, and Pacific Islander students at the college and university levels. It is structured to facilitate access by college and university administrators, professionals, consultants, researchers, and students who require information on recruitment and retention to aid in their decision making about strategy related issues, and scientific and creative processes in the area. This bibliography covers more than forty years of literature and contains 969 citations organized into five chapters.

Download or read book What s Really Happening in African American Relationships written by Joyce J. Auld and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together research studies and articles on the crisis of marriage and relationships in the African American community. The author takes a look at: when and why the unions started to fall apart; the covenant of marriage; communication; the effect of stepfamilies and step-parenting on a marital relationship; and the African American woman and marriage--Back cover.

Download or read book Broken Utterances A Selected Anthology of 19th Century Black Women s Social Thought written by and published by Three Sistahs Press, LLC. This book was released on with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Sistah Our Journey written by Al Collins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-05-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Sistah, Our Journey will help you explore self-love, forgiveness, encouragement, faith, positivity, potential, patience, expectations, your life's focus, setbacks, resilience and friendship. Each chapter focuses on a specific theme and unlocks opportunities to learn more about yourself through the author's experiences and probing questions. This book is a powerful, life-changing resource of self-knowledge. It is more powerful and relevant than any other book on your shelf, because it's about you--your thoughts, feelings, disappointments, challenges and celebrations. As a journal, it will provide you with a source of comfort by housing your innermost thoughts and feelings. Getting them out of your head and heart and onto paper gives you a tremendous sense of accomplishment and means of stepping back to look at how you have arrived at where you are today and a look at where you're going. Take time to discover your purpose, learn from your mistakes and make each step of the road you travel a footprint to give someone else direction on their journey. If you haven't begun the task of introspection, let this be a beginning, a gift to yourself. For those who have made a commitment to a plan of self-discovery and change, let this be a powerful addition.

Download or read book The Sisters Are Alright written by Tamara Winfrey Harris and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GOLD MEDALIST OF FOREWORD REVIEWS' 2015 INDIEFAB AWARDS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES What's wrong with black women? Not a damned thing! The Sisters Are Alright exposes anti–black-woman propaganda and shows how real black women are pushing back against distorted cartoon versions of themselves. When African women arrived on American shores, the three-headed hydra—servile Mammy, angry Sapphire, and lascivious Jezebel—followed close behind. In the '60s, the Matriarch, the willfully unmarried baby machine leeching off the state, joined them. These stereotypes persist to this day through newspaper headlines, Sunday sermons, social media memes, cable punditry, government policies, and hit song lyrics. Emancipation may have happened more than 150 years ago, but America still won't let a sister be free from this coven of caricatures. Tamara Winfrey Harris delves into marriage, motherhood, health, sexuality, beauty, and more, taking sharp aim at pervasive stereotypes about black women. She counters warped prejudices with the straight-up truth about being a black woman in America. “We have facets like diamonds,” she writes. “The trouble is the people who refuse to see us sparkling.”

Download or read book Buried Darkness written by Yeyo Folife and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dees young life was filled with challenges she was unprepared to face, but she did all she could to protect her little sister, Karla. Their mother, Lucy, did what she had to do to make ends meetincluding selling her body to pay for her various addictions. The battered survivor of a lifelong war with drugs, abuse, and worthless men, Lucy also struggled with crippling mental illness. Living in those conditions, with a mother who could barely care for herself, the girls barely understood that things like stability, responsibility, or hope even existed. But on those days when their grandmother Norveline cared for them, the girls knew a little peace and a little love. Miraculously, on the day when it all seemed to be too much to handle, Lucy reached out for the help that would save her fragile life. With the support of her therapist, she fought to regain control of her life and her tattered family. Now stable, Lucy dreams of building a new life with the help of Natalie, a new friend who is also fighting familiar demons. Their friendship quite naturally blossoms into something beautiful and healing. Together, the two women and their four daughters form a healthy new family, and Dee and Karla finally know stability at home. Finally feeling safe enough to be herself, Deenow known as Deannabegins to explore her own curiositi es. What will her life hold, now that she is free to soar?

Download or read book Hotlanta Hotlanta Book 1 written by Denene Millner and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designer clothes. Gorgeous boys. Family secrets. Major drama. Welcome to Atlanta and the lives of the Duke twins, Sydney and Lauren. They don't call it Hotlanta for nothing!The Duke twins, Sydney and Lauren, live the life: They attend the fanciest school in Atlanta, they live in Buckhead, the most exclusive neighborhood, and they only date the hottest guys. And their secrets? Are the darkest of all. When their estranged father is released from prison and a murder is committed, their lives are plunged into a whirlwind of tabloid scrutiny, vicious gossip, and shocking revelation. Lauren, always such a party girl, and Sydney, bent on perfection by way of the Ivy League, can't trust anyone. Not their mother, not their rich stepfather. Maybe not even each other.

Download or read book The Education of Native and Minority Groups written by Ambrose Caliver and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: