These four books highlight community building, organizing and engagement,
Book 1: Engage, Connect, Protect by Angelou Ezeilo
Book 2: The Power in the Room by Jay M. Gillen
Book 3: Collective Courage A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Book 4: Barriers to Rebuilding the African American Community by Twyan Ajani
These three books chronicle significant African American events and people.
Book 1: Timelines From Black History
Book 2: Timelines of African American History by Tom Cowan and Jack Maguire
Book 3: Timetables of African American History
I attended a booksigning at Detroit Public Library featuring Abby Phillip, author of A Dream Deferred. Ms. Phillip shared so much insight and information about this trailblazer. A must read!
One Saturday a month, I play bid whist with some friends and we have a great time! So, I was curious if there were any written books on bid whist. Of course, there are some books on bid whist!
Book 1: The Gist of Bid Whist by Lamont Jones
Book 2: Rise and Fly by Greg Morrison and Yannick Rice Lamb
Book 3: The Evolution of Bid Whist by Ronald Allen
Today’s books focus on the Green Book, the travel guide for African Africans.
Book 1: Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Book 2: Driving the Green Book by Alvin Hall
Book 3: Overground Railroad by Candacy Taylor
These three books pay tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Book 1: HBCU Made edited by Ayesha Rascoe
Book 2: America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1873-2009
Book 3: I’ll Make a Way or Find One by Juan Williams and Dwayne Ashley
Today’s books feature/highlight courageous/brave African Americans.
Book 1: The classic. Black Profiles in Courage by Kareem Abdul-Jabaar and Alan Steinberg.
Book 2: Brave. Black. First. by Cheryl Willis Hudson
Book 3: The Black Knight by Clifford Worthy.
On this partly cloudy day in some cities, I am choosing sun over the clouds. The three books below have the word “sun” in the title to also be the light in our reading.
Book 1: Hello There, Sunshine by Tabitha Brown
Book 2: The award winning The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Book 3: Those Who Saw the Sun by Jaha Nailah Avery
It’s all about the “we” in these Wednesday’s titles.
Book 1: The History of We by Nikkolas Smith
Book 2: We Are Here by Tami Charles
Book 3: When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banyo
Book 4: We Speak for Ourselves: A Word From Forgotten Black America by D. Watkins
Book 5: We Refuse A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson
Today’s books focus on African Americans and technology. I confess I have not read either books. However, I am interested in reading them.
Book 1: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Black Tech Leaders in Technology by Theresa Merritt-Watson
Book 2: A Black Journey in Tech by Dwight D. Jones, Sr.
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