Black Queen

Author : Maureen Mahon
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478012773
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Diamond Queens written by Maureen Mahon and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll—from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts. Despite this, black women's importance to the music's history has been diminished by narratives of rock as a mostly white male enterprise. In Black Diamond Queens, Maureen Mahon draws on recordings, press coverage, archival materials, and interviews to document the history of African American women in rock and roll between the 1950s and the 1980s. Mahon details the musical contributions and cultural impact of Big Mama Thornton, LaVern Baker, Betty Davis, Tina Turner, Merry Clayton, Labelle, the Shirelles, and others, demonstrating how dominant views of gender, race, sexuality, and genre affected their careers. By uncovering this hidden history of black women in rock and roll, Mahon reveals a powerful sonic legacy that continues to reverberate into the twenty-first century.

Author : Sandra McDyess
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781729220801
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Queen the Most Powerful Piece in the Game: Black Queen Chess Lover Blank Lined Note Book written by Sandra McDyess and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a Black Queen with melanin poppin? Are you a man married to an Ebony Goddess? This cool African American girl wearing her crown blank lined note book will make a great gift for Black history Month or Kwanzaa. Can be used for poetry, note taking, writing lists and song writing 120 Pages High Quality Paper 6

Author : Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 152474719X
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Rights Queen written by Tomiko Brown-Nagin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first major biography of one of our most influential judges—an activist lawyer who became the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary—that provides an eye-opening account of the twin struggles for gender equality and civil rights in the 20th Century. • “Timely and essential."—The Washington Post “A must-read for anyone who dares to believe that equal justice under the law is possible and is in search of a model for how to make it a reality.” —Anita Hill With the US Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, “it makes sense to revisit the life and work of another Black woman who profoundly shaped the law: Constance Baker Motley” (CNN). Born to an aspirational blue-collar family during the Great Depression, Constance Baker Motley was expected to find herself a good career as a hair dresser. Instead, she became the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, the first of ten she would eventually argue. The only black woman member in the legal team at the NAACP's Inc. Fund at the time, she defended Martin Luther King in Birmingham, helped to argue in Brown vs. The Board of Education, and played a critical role in vanquishing Jim Crow laws throughout the South. She was the first black woman elected to the state Senate in New York, the first woman elected Manhattan Borough President, and the first black woman appointed to the federal judiciary. Civil Rights Queen captures the story of a remarkable American life, a figure who remade law and inspired the imaginations of African Americans across the country. Burnished with an extraordinary wealth of research, award-winning, esteemed Civil Rights and legal historian and dean of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Tomiko Brown-Nagin brings Motley to life in these pages. Brown-Nagin compels us to ponder some of our most timeless and urgent questions--how do the historically marginalized access the corridors of power? What is the price of the ticket? How does access to power shape individuals committed to social justice? In Civil Rights Queen, she dramatically fills out the picture of some of the most profound judicial and societal change made in twentieth-century America.

Author : Tamra L. Dicus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974201016
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Is the Black Queen Calafia of Golden California? written by Tamra L. Dicus and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Majestic Queen Calafía of California, created in 1510, during the height of Slavery, is the most invisible legendary American female superhero but is the first American superhero and is currently unknown and unpopular. She is the ruler of paradise island ¿California¿ invented in a Spanish novel out of the Medieval Renaissance era and consequently, the namesake of the State of California. Remarkably, the Queen of California is a blend of Black Panther and Wonder Woman. This book re-introduces Queen Calafía in a unique way interweaving fact and fiction to relay the historical origins of Wonder Woman, mystical California, and its mysterious, unknown seal (concepts not disclosed in even Jill Lepore¿s historical analysis of Wonder Woman). This book targets youth in a fun way who struggle during the important childhood development growth stages arising from social identity and psychological image issues, resonating from mistreatment in society regarding acceptance of complexion and skin tones. Analytical exercises develop critical thinking skills, highlighting elements of respect, and how to work within the legal system as a citizen of the U.S.A. ¿If we don¿t love our own history, we will be history.¿ ¿ Ms. Dicus."Learning history can open our eyes to the truth. There's so much that we assume that upon closer examination turns out to be false or misleading. Ms. Discus's uncovering of the real history of the California state seal is a breathtaking example of how one person can advance our understanding of our past and present and lead us into a more enlightened future." ¿Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Steve Semeraro

Author : Kenya Hunt
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062987658
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Girl Gurl Grrrl written by Kenya Hunt and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A People Pick! “One of the year’s must-reads.” –ELLE “[A] provocative, heart-breaking, and frequently hilarious collection.” –GLAMOUR “Essential, vital, and urgent.” –HARPER’S BAZAAR In the vein of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist and Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, but wholly its own, a provocative, humorous, and, at times, heartbreaking collection of essays on what it means to be black, a woman, a mother, and a global citizen in today's ever-changing world. Black women have never been more visible or more publicly celebrated than they are now. But for every new milestone, every magazine cover, every box office record smashed, every new face elected to public office, the reality of everyday life for black women remains a complex, conflicted, contradiction-laden experience. An American journalist who has been living and working in London for a decade, Kenya Hunt has made a career of distilling moments, movements, and cultural moods into words. Her work takes the difficult and the indefinable and makes it accessible; it is razor sharp cultural observation threaded through evocative and relatable stories. Girl Gurl Grrrl both illuminates our current cultural moment and transcends it. Hunt captures the zeitgeist while also creating a timeless celebration of womanhood, of blackness, and the possibilities they both contain. She blends the popular and the personal, the frivolous and the momentous in a collection that truly reflects what it is to be living and thriving as a black woman today.

Author : Ty Nesha
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dear Black Queen written by Ty Nesha and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Black Queen is a mirror to the book "Dear Black King, Can I Fix Your Tilted Crown?" It comes infused with love letters, expressions of insight, real-world narratives, and valuable methods to bridge the emotional gap between the Black King and Queen. Dear Black Queen is the handbook that permits the Black Queen to love the Black King through the dissonance without judgment while expounding upon their connections. Dear Black Queen's beautiful excerpts and writings can serve to be a powerful tool to feed the souls of the Black Queen and King. Dear Black Queen aims to unite the two by interlacing them with excerpts, encouragement, and twenty-one days of daily exercises. Through this journey, Ty Nesha's aspiration is that Black Kings will continue to thrive with the Black Queen by their side and rise above the stereotypes, lies, and expectations placed upon them. Queen, can you vow to love past your hurt enough to help to empower your Black King?

Author : Joysetta Marsh Pearse
Publisher : Taags
ISBN 13 : 9780979214929
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Royals written by Joysetta Marsh Pearse and published by Taags. This book was released on 2014-01-18 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief history of the Queen Consort of King George III, and Regent for her son, King George IV. Queen Charlotte was a descendant of the African, Aloandro ben Bekar Gil, and through her descendants came to be known as the "grandmother of European royalty."

Author : Catherine J. Johnson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467830593
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Vashti Beloved Black Queen written by Catherine J. Johnson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shahrazad Ali
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blackman's Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman written by Shahrazad Ali and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rashaad Singleton
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781697863079
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ode to the Black Queen written by Rashaad Singleton and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-10-05 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written for the praise and empowerment of black women worldwide. The author highlights some of the black Queens in history who Western scholars failed to acknowledge. He goes into detail about why Black Queens are purposefully left out of the education curriculums all around the world and he exposes who and what is behind it. From Africa to America, he covers numerous black women through a timeline of events who were powerful leaders during their time. If one did not know much about powerful black women in history before reading this book, they definitely will have a good understanding after finishing it. With no apologies, the author shares his overall love and appreciation for black women; the original and eternal Queens of the Earth.