Famous Black Quotations for the Twenty-First Century - Still Rising

"An inspiring collection of pithy, easy-to-recall one-liners and quotable short passages from historic and contemporary thought leaders throughout the African Diaspora"--

List of contents

Introduction

Preface

Abbreviations

Struggle: Resisting White Supremacy 

Identity: Defining Ourselves  

Women: Overcoming Handicaps

Men: Finding That Balance  

Children: Preparing the Future   

Love: Willing Sacrifices 

America: Contending Multitudes  

Challenges: Creating Opportunities   

Power: Claiming Our Destiny

Appendix: Bill to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals 

Appendix: Lift Every Voice and Sing



Index

Acknowledgments

About the Curator

About the author

Janet Cheatham Bell is an educator, recovering academic, author, and publishing entrepreneur. After teaching African American literature and composition at several universities, she became a curriculum consultant for ethnic studies. Beginning in 1978, she became an editor of high school literature textbooks, working to make them more inclusive. That experience in book publishing encouraged her to self-publish her first collection of Black quotations in 1986. By 2002, she had nine books of quotations on the market. In addition, she has published two memoirs, The Time and Place That Gave Me Life (2007) and Mixed Marriage (2018). She has also written two essay collections—Victory of the Spirit (2011) and Not All Poor People Are Black (2015). She considers her highest achievement to be that of her Emmy-winning comedian-filmmaker son, W. Kamau Bell, as well as her Hugo-winning, bestselling niece, N. K. Jemison, who both credit her for inspiring them to pursue their dreams. Now a grateful grandmother in her eighties, she is still writing and still taking risks. 

Product details

• Authors: Janet Cheatham Bell, Bell Janet Cheatham, Janet Cheatham Bell
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2022
• EAN: 9781572843202
• ISBN: 978-1-57284-320-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General, SELF-HELP / Affirmations, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social and cultural history, Black & Asian Studies, Dictionaries Of Quotations, Quotations, proverbs and sayings, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage