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Author Reveals Her Struggles as a Black Woman Despite Having Two Degrees From Howard and Harvard University

New York, NY — An educator turned entrepreneur, Tiffany Stewart, founded The Educator’s Promise, a nonprofit organization focused on education equity. A woman of many talents, Tiffany’s first passion is in writing. Her book, Jewels From a Black Diamond, is a collection of life lessons, words of wisdom and things learned along the journey to self-discovery. It reflects on struggles with confidence, toxic relationships, faith, and the power of self-love. Her hope is that the reader finds the courage to always see and choose themselves, no matter who else doesn’t.
She’s now back with another book, No Saving Me for Later. This time, she speaks to putting your focus back on yourself and making the steps to be your best self. No waiting, no complaining, no blaming. Tiffany comments, “I speak to my journey as a Black woman and the obstacles that I had to overcome even with degrees from both Howard & Harvard University. Many of the obstacles being what I was taught to believe about myself through past trauma and self-doubt. I lost it all and gained more back. The book is meant to inspire, heal, and motivate people to live life on purpose.”

Teacher Celebrates Black Historical Figures and Millionaires with Nursery Rhyme Book

Nationwide — “I was shocked after I visited a first-grade classroom and asked the students to name the first Black president,” said author Audrey Muhammad. “I was surprised that many of the students said, ‘Martin Luther King.’” Granted, they were 6-year olds and Barack Obama was President over 12 years ago, but there had to be a way to help keep our history at the forefront. Why not make rhymes about each? This is exactly what Mrs. Muhammad did. After revising and updating her children’s book, she now has nursery rhymes like “Off to White House,” a rhyme about Obama.
.Since many adults grew up with nursery rhymes and can recite rhymes like “Mary had a Little Lamb,” at the drop of a hat, these nursery rhymes were written to be a fun formula to foster a love for Black role models including Black millionaires, entrepreneurs, and historical figures. The new Rhymes of the Times: Black Nursery Rhymes book written by Mrs. Muhammad, a former high school teacher, reads like a “Who’s Who” of African American History with nursery rhymes about Oprah Winfrey, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Garrett Morgan, Muhammad Ali, Queen N’Zinga and many more. If you don’t recognize some of these names, you will after reading this book. The book also helps express cultural pride. “Growing up I struggled to appreciate my hair and my history. My hair always appeared too “nappy” and Black history was too negative in my view,” said Audrey Muhammad. Interestingly enough, “Pretty Little Black Girl,” the first nursery rhyme Muhammad wrote, encouraged little Black girls to love their hair. It reads “Pretty Little Black Girl, smart and brave, be proud of the pretty hair that God gave; You’re a pretty little Black girl, smart and brave.” Soon, she developed a meaningful collection of nursery rhymes that she would be proud to read to her young daughter. Today, those rhymes are in a new colorful format. Her 18-year old daughter, Hasana, grew up reading her mother’s nursery rhymes. “The nursery rhymes impacted me in that they helped me to appreciate the way I look and my heritage,” said Hasana Muhammad. “The rhyme ‘Pretty Little Black Girl’ taught me to appreciate myself. The book taught me about other important figures who were inventors and pioneers. It teaches things like how Garrett Morgan invented the gas mask and the stoplight. In the public school system, we don’t learn much about black history, and when we do, it’s all slavery.” Audrey Muhammad hopes that the Rhymes of the Times book will give children a new view about Black people just as the movie, Black Panther, gave the world a refreshing and impressive image of Black culture The book includes vibrant illustrations that complement the musical rhymes, making them fun to read aloud. It is her desire that Rhymes of the Times will become a staple in households around the world… one rhyme at a time. The book can be purchased at BlackNurseryRhymes.com. Free 2021 calendars are included with all orders made before Feb. 7th.

Effects of Systemic Racism in Black America Explored in New Book “What Did You Think Was Going To Happen?”

Nationwide — What Did You Think Was Going To Happen? by Clinton E. Galloway explores the effects on Black America and how the South-Central community of Los Angeles is being denied access to technology. The book explores a United States Supreme Court ruling that supported the right of Black America to access technology.

The City of Los Angeles, with the assistance and complicity of major black politicians, would refuse to comply with the judgment of the U.S. Supreme Court. The refusal to comply would result in Black America being permanently left behind by the technological revolution going on within the United States and the world. The author’s first book Anatomy of a Hustle-Cable Comes to South-Central LA was a highly documented demonstration of how systemic and institutional racism is enforced in major cities in the United States. The book, published in 2012, was selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best books of the year and has a five-star rating on Amazon. The complicity of major Black politicians is an issue that the author seeks to explore in this book. The 194-page work tackles more than 40 years of troublesome political and socioeconomic history in South-Central Los Angeles and exposes the myriad factors that contributed to a corrupt city government, poverty, and severely damaged civil rights for the areas with people of color. The author’s unique first-hand account of the activities during this period of time intends to cause the reexamination of the effectiveness of Black leadership in America. Learn more about What Did You Think Was Going To Happen? at WhatDidYouThink.net

New Book “Hush Money” Shines a Light on Systemic Racism in Employment

Nationwide — Black authors, Delilah Harris, Deborah Harris, and Jacquie Abram, are using social media to promote their new book, HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job, which narrates the story of a 28-year old Black woman and her struggles with systemic racism in Corporate America. Inspired by true events, the book is available on Amazon.
HUSH MONEY tells a story that is all too familiar to Black people across the globe with the case study of Ebony, a young Black woman who was living in poverty, struggling financially, and finding it hard to make ends meet. It describes how she obtained a job with an organization, after years of working dead-end jobs, that put her one step closer to living the American dream. But it also describes how that dream turned into a nightmare when she became a victim of systemic racism in her workplace, was stripped of all dignity, confidence, and strength, and was left with three choices: suffering in silence to keep her job, resigning to keep her sanity, or waiting to be unjustly fired. HUSH MONEY also tells a story of triumph that breaks down the strategy Ebony used after years of suffering that not only proved systemic racism in her workplace but also allowed her to keep her job and received a six-figure settlement from her employer, among other things, to buy her silence. By promoting their book on social media, the authors hope to bring awareness to the racial divide that exists in employment. Click here to read the reviews: Hush Money Reviews

Elder Activist-Poet Releases Free Book of Police Murder Poems

Nationwide — Gerald Lenoir, a self-described activist-writer-poet, has released a book of poetry entitled United States of Struggle: Police Murder in America. The volume, published by Magnum Opus Publications, contains eleven poems, most of which were written in the aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Each poem is accompanied by a full-color graphic image.
My anger at Mr. Floyd’s wanton murder and my exhilaration at the response of millions of people in the streets inspired me to write eight of the poems in the book,” Mr. Lenoir said. “I wrote two of the poems in the 1980s in response to the police murder of Black people in Seattle and one in 1992 about the Rodney King verdict.” The poems in the United States of Struggle: Police Murder in America include “Once Again,” dedicated to George Floyd and first published in the Los Angeles Sentinel; Ode to Oscar dedicated to Oscar Grant whose murder in 2009 in Oakland, California was the subject of the critically acclaimed movie, Fruitvale Station; Ultimatum, a passionate poem that delivers a searing challenge to institutional racism; and The Days of Black Lives, which Mr. Lenoir describes as “A vision for my people”. At 72, Mr. Lenoir has been involved in many of the major social causes of the past six decades, including the Black Student Movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement of the 1960s, as well as the movement against South African apartheid from 1977 to 1994. In the 1980s, he was a community organizer against police brutality and gentrification and for affirmative action. In the 2000s, he was active in the Black Lives Matter movement. Mr. Lenoir is also the former executive director of the San Francisco Black Coalition on AIDS (1989-1995) and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (2006-2014). He is currently a strategy analyst at the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, a social justice research institute.

 BLACK PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT MAKES HISTORY, PUBLISHES CHILDREN'S BOOK SERIES ABOUT STEAM

Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Meet Monica Guillemin, a physician assistant who is perhaps the first Black woman to transcend a career in medicine and law to become a publisher that cleverly introduces young readers to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math), and adults, to medical-legal issues surrounding issues that impact African Americans today. Monica first gained notoriety as a PA specializing in cardiology after co-authoring a research paper published in the Journal of American Cardiology and the Journal of American Academy of Physician Assistants on genomics. She has penned two medical thrillers based on stem cell therapy & cloning and now releases a series of children's books targeting subjects on science, geography, Black history, and culture, through the backdrop of a safari in Tanzania: Safari of a Lifetime. From Watts California, Monica first earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Science, completed a Postgraduate Physician Assistant Surgical Residency in Trauma Surgery at Martin Luther King Jr. / Charles Drew Medical center then earned a Juris Doctorate degree. Monica made her debut as a photographer in Safari of a Lifetime Photographs — the companion photography book. With an expanded vocabulary in geography and ecology, the storybook facilitates the transition from learning to read to reading to learn a model for students 8 years and above. Through the heroines, readers, face are exposed to the interconnectivity of social-ecological systems, encounter the realities of the circle of life, confront make-believe, myths, and fantasies of wild animals in their natural habitat, all while unwittingly learning the value thereof. The prelude in Safari of a Lifetime gives young readers a peek into slavery, and geography with an introduction into geography while the explorers are in Zanzibar, and overlook the Indian Ocean. Against the backdrop of a science pretest that goes array, students learn the value of ecology as an underpinning to natural science. Since expository fiction is an untapped and underappreciated genre, educators can use the storybook to build an unlimited number of lessons for students working from home based on the premise of Safari of a Lifetime.

NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK CELEBRATES KAMALA HARRIS AS AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK VICE PRESIDEN

Oakland, CA (BlackNews.com) -- A new children's book entitled Ella B. Jenkins Meets Vice President Kamala Harris written by authors Eve Lynne Robinson and Whitney Jade Gordy, MFT pays homage to America's first-ever Black and Asian Vice President. In the fictional story, after meeting VP Harris at a march on Washington, Ella B. Jenkins, a perpetually fun-loving second grader with all-seeing eyes, larger-than-life afro puffs, and passionate perspectives, does what she does best -- takes the reader on adventurous while traversing culture, ability, class, and political climates. Created in 2009, the force behind this visionary character is Oakland, CA multifaceted mixed media artist Eve Lynne Robinson, who co-wrote this installment with Los-Angeles therapist Whitney Jade Gordy, MFT. The Ella B. Jenkins Meets series represents her passion and is a testimony to her life’s work including establishing the Ella B. Jenkins Project in Nairobi, Kenya, and applying her creative vision to Ella B. Jenkins ceramics, pencils, face masks, clothing, and soon-to-come dolls that children and adults alike will enjoy. “I created Ella B. Jenkins because there was a need. A need to feel seen and a need to be represented. It’s about empowering the community and people of all ages,” says the artist, “who are so often ignored and underrepresented.” The book is available online at https://ellabjenkins.com/shop

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NBA DAD TELLS HIS STORY ABOUT ADVERSITY AND HIS LOVE FOR THE GAME OF BASKETBALL

New Orleans, LA -- Marvin Williams, Sr.’s new book Secondary Break: An NBA Dad’s Story shares an inspiring story of a young man’s journey to becoming a successful basketball player while navigating the many hurdles that can deflate hopes, dreams, and aspirations. Williams, Sr. is a retired member of the US Navy and a current member of The Fathers and Men of Professional Basketball Players organization. His son, Marvin Williams, Jr., is a 15-year NBA veteran, currently playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and formerly a member of the University of North Carolina’s 2005 NCAA Championship team. “My story is about a young man who came from a dysfunctional and abusive family and fell in love with the sport of basketball,” Williams, Sr. writes. “My love and passion for the game would take me on a lifelong journey — a journey of disappointments, setbacks, and, finally, triumph. This book will show how, by continuing to follow your passions and dreams, anything is possible.” The elder Williams was also a decorated player, playing for All-Navy teams while he served, and collegiately at Warner Pacific University where he averaged 27 points a game during his senior season. Published by Fulton Books, Williams, Sr.’s book imparts a resounding lesson on determination as well as faith in achieving one’s goals. Readers are invited to witness a young man’s love for basketball that paved a path for his success in the playing field through unwavering belief and hard work. Readers who wish to experience this motivational work can purchase Secondary Break: An NBA Dad’s Story at bookstores everywhere or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes & Noble.

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BLACK AUTHOR EXPOSES THE TRUTH AND BIASES OF THE AMERICAN CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEM 
Kenya Rahmann, author of “The Child Support Hustle,” defies the myth of fatherless households

Detroit, MI (BlackNews.com) -- Many government-sanctioned entities have been implemented in our society which intentions allude to assistance but instead have caused immense harm. When we examine the inner workings of our judicial system there is a mass exclusion of many citizens' bare-bones rights. Something as simple as the relationship between a co-parent and child has been exploited and mislabeled causing unrest and confusion amongst U.S. citizens. Author Kenya Rahmann has spent thorough time examining the flaws of the American child support system and how it has developed into a tool of division. In her book, The Child Support Hustle, she goes into a detailed explanation of how the child support system has alienated fathers from their offspring while amassing profit for the state. Ms. Rahmann has discovered how the use of inaccurate labels has caused destruction amongst parents who live in separate households. The term fatherless has been heavily indoctrinated into our psyche. We have been convinced that because the father does not live in the same home as the mother and child that he is not active. This is far from the truth. You can be an active father without living in the same household as your child based on Kenya’s findings. She goes on to explain how it is beneficial for the state to mislabel two household families. As of 2019, the Office of Child Support Enforcement or OCSE (2020) reported that the national average for the return on investment (ROI) for every dollar spent on the child support programs was $5.06. Some states have reported ROI in the double digits. For example, Texas and South Dakota reported an ROI of $11.81 and $11.68, respectively, during FY 2019, (OCSE, 2020). For the sake of making money, the government purposely and unapologetically began to villainize fathers to maintain a structure based on misinformation. Children are wrongfully counted as fatherless, which increases the child support caseloads thus, increasing ROI. When children are born to unmarried parents, no matter what their race, color, or creed, without legal paternity establishment, the father has no legal rights to his children. States began rolling out the paternity establishment agenda when the reformation of welfare and child support occurred in 1994. The Clinton administration, along with bipartisan support, passed the most comprehensive welfare bill to date. These changes ramped up the already established child support system. Along with paternity establishment being at the forefront of the changes came the mandate that any mother receiving former Aid to Families and Dependent Children (AFDC), now Temporary and Dependent Children (AFDC), must cooperate with child support enforcement. Several tactics have been implemented in an attempt to delete active fathers and create codependency between single mothers and the state. The Child Support Hustle is an amazing tool to inform co-parents of how to navigate through a system created to divide. To learn more and/or to purchase the book, visit TheChildSupportHustle.com.

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TRAVEL EXPERT RELEASES NEW “GREEN BOOK” THAT CONNECTS TRAVELERS TO BLACK-OWNED HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND MORE AROUND THE WORLD

(Martinique Lewis’ new book — which has been featured on CNN, Travel Noire, Travel & Leisure, Black Enterprise, Fox Soul, and Condé Nast Traveler — also includes a directory of Black wineries and distilleries, Black book stores, Black museums, and Black festivals, etc.-- Courtesy Photo)

Nationwide -- Martinique Lewis is set to release the #1 Black travel resource, The ABC Travel Greenbook, that will connect travelers with communities and businesses from the African diaspora globally. The book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and across all major book retail platforms. With the Black travel movement constantly growing, and Black travelers injecting billions of dollars into the travel industry each year, the information highlighting the destinations and experiences where those travelers can see themselves reflected has been repeatedly overlooked. After years of research, Martinique Lewis — diversity in travel consultant, creative lead of Nomadness Travel Tribe, and president of the Black Travel Alliance — has compiled this resource for Black travelers to connect with Black communities in every city and country in 6 out of 7 continents. From restaurants to recreation centers, transportation companies to Black history tours, this resource shows you all of the places search engines can’t. The ABC Travel Greenbook amplifies Black-owned businesses previously left out of major travel publications - so that they too are included in press trip itineraries, garner attention for their own television segments, and can be starred as a destination for travelers. Inspired by Victor Hugo Green’s Negro Motorist Greenbook, this will be the first time Black travelers will have one resource that collectively lists all Black-owned businesses, neighborhoods, and online communities in every country with the aim of strengthening local economies and circulating the Black dollar. This resource was created to celebrate Black culture and serve our communities. For our allies, this resource will help you share our narratives. Follow the book on Facebook and Instagram.

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AUTHOR OF “MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN” RELEASES NEW BOOK THAT INSPIRES A NEW WAVE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN INTELLECTS

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Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- African Americans are often applauded for having exceptional ability to sing, dance, joke, and play sports but are seldom recognized for our intellectual prowess. The stereotypical images stem from the fact that we are often portrayed in movies and on television as criminals, drug addicts, violent and sexual deviants which seems to be an acceptable depiction of Black people in Hollywood. However, America has yet to recognize the intelligent side of the African American experience. In fact, the very mention of a Black intellect creates somewhat of a humdrum effect for many people outside of the Black community which is indicative of the fact that we are not seen as serious thinkers who engage in intellectual discourse. Nevertheless, as the African American intellectual movement continues to grow and evolve, there is a new book on the theory of consciousness by hip hop activist Sean XLG Mitchell that is increasingly gaining popularity while creating a bit of controversy along the way. The book presents a theory of consciousness and its potential effects on human behavior. The work further examines and analyzes how the mind influences reality along with the power of suggestion. According to Sean, “The work is grounded in our ancestral beliefs, and will hopefully provide the possibility of creating positive outcomes for African Americans and the Black community in general.” Sean states, “Consciousness is a theory that allows us to address the issues affecting our community especially with everything going on right now with Black Lives Matter. Again, we can’t talk about healing the racial divide in America until we first heal the race that America divided.” This book follows the most recent work that Sean released entitled Make America Hate Again. Sean states, “The two books are different in terms of dealing with the problem of race. Make America Hate Again focuses more on the historical aspects of racism which culminates in how we arrived at this point where we are today. Think: The African American Theory of Consciousness is geared more towards our self-development as a step for us to advance from where we are.” About the Author: Sean XLG Mitchell is a leading authority on the African American experience. He is an award-winning rap artist, grassroots activist, and scholar. Sean has worked extensively in organizing and leading community-based study groups, volunteering in schools, as well as a youth mentor. Sean is the author of several books to include Make America Hate Again and How Do We Build A Real Wakanda?. About The Book: Think: The African American Theory of Consciousness by Sean XLG Mitchell is available on Amazon in eBook and paperback. (ISBN-13: 979-8676488000


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NEW BOOK FROM AUTHOR CORI WILLIAMS SAYS “CODE-SWITCHING” IS A DEAL-BREAKER FOR A MORE SUPPORTIVE CORPORATE AMERICA
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Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Today, globally, African Americans in the corporate world have an extra detail on their to-do list that risks self-esteem, personal productivity, and the inalienable right to thrive. Tasked daily with surviving racial bias and its resulting inequality, bright black men and women must watch what they say, who they say it to, and, most importantly, how they say it. It is called “code-switching," and no one is immune, not even President Barack Obama. Putting a spotlight on what he calls discrimination by design, a new book by author Cori Williams looks at how African Americans get from one day to the next in corporate America. Released on September 7th, Thriving While Black: The Act of Surviving and Thriving in the Same Space could not be more on-point in a social climate that is strained at best. So, what is code-switching, and why is it equal to racial trauma on ethnic groups? The term is defined as the switching from the linguistic system of one language to the dialect of another. Simply put, code-switching is a way of communicating that builds barriers between the races. Currently necessary in practice, it supports an inability to connect authentically, and that breeds micro-aggressions and stereotyping from all involved. The author of Thriving While Black said of the practice, “Some individuals don’t even know when they code-switch because it has become natural. The danger is it forces black people to live in a contrived duality. They are always negotiating their humanity and validity by trying to fit into predominantly white workspaces. There has to be some give and take.” Noted as, “An eye-opening, important read,” by Reader’s Favorite upon being awarded their 5-Star Seal, among other helpful insights, the book gives information on how to be one’s authentic self in the digital age. Addressing social problems in America from the discrimination of Black teachers to how to communicate authentically during a Zoom meeting, the human, conversational approach of William’s book is poised toward change. For more information on how to pre-order a paperback version of the book, visit ThrivingWhileBlack.net. Also, follow Cori on Twitter and Instagram

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