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Informationen zum Autor Editor Clara Villarosa opened The Hue-Man Experience bookstore specializing in African-American titles in Denver, more than two decades ago and later opened a second, enormously successful branch in Harlem. The recipient of more than thirty awards, including the National Minority Entrepreneur of the Year, she lives in Harlem, NewYork. A business coach, she is the author of Down to Business: The First 10 Steps to Entrepreneurship for Women . Klappentext Celebrating notable African Americans, this inspirational and thoughtprovoking collection of quotations covers a wide range of African-American heroes, from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall to Jackie Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald to Harriet Tubman, Toni Morrison to Jesse Owens, George Washington Carver to Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks to Barack Obama, from profound historical figures to more current, popular ones, such as Oprah Winfrey, Nikki Giovanni, Spike Lee, and Snoop Dogg. Organized thematically, the selections explore key topics such as overcoming obstacles, teaching life lessons, and nurturing creativity. The book features more than 350 quotations memorializing the wisdom and strength of 200 notable African-American heroes. The sources for the quotations and an instructive biographical section are included as well. Zusammenfassung Celebrating notable African Americans! this inspirational and thoughtprovoking collection of quotations covers a wide range of African-American heroes! from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass! Thurgood Marshall to Jackie Robinson! Ella Fitzgerald to Harriet Tubman! Toni Morrison to Jesse Owens! George Washington Carver to Martin Luther King Jr.! Rosa Parks to Barack Obama! from profound historical figures to more current! popular ones! such as Oprah Winfrey! Nikki Giovanni! Spike Lee! and Snoop Dogg. Organized thematically! the selections explore key topics such as overcoming obstacles! teaching life lessons! and nurturing creativity. The book features more than 350 quotations memorializing the wisdom and strength of 200 notable African-American heroes. The sources for the quotations and an instructive biographical section are included as well. ...
