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The Dark Fantastic

Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games

By: Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

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The Dark Fantastic

Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games

By: Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Winner, 2022 Children's Literature Association Book Award, given by the Children's Literature Association Winner, 2020 World Fantasy Awards Winner, 2020 British Fantasy Awards, Nonfiction Finalist, Creative Nonfiction IGNYTE Award, given by FIYACON for BIPOC+ in Speculative Fiction Reveals the diversity crisis in children's and young adult media as not only a lack of representation, but a lack of imagination Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. This problem lies not only with children’s publishing, but also with the television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories into a visual world. When characters of color do appear, they are often marginalized or subjected to violence, reinforcing for audiences that not all lives matter. The Dark Fantastic is an engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA novelist, fanfiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most popular stories of the early 21st century: Bonnie Bennett from the CW’s The Vampire Diaries, Rue from Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, Gwen from the BBC’s Merlin, and Angelina Johnson from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter. Analyzing their narratives and audience reactions to them reveals how these characters mirror the violence against black and brown people in our own world. In response, Thomas uncovers and builds upon a tradition of fantasy and radical imagination in Black feminism and Afrofuturism to reveal new possibilities. Through fanfiction and other modes of counter-storytelling, young people of color have reinvisioned fantastic worlds that reflect their own experiences, their own lives. As Thomas powerfully asserts, “we dark girls deserve more, because we are more.”

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NYU Press

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1479806072

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9781479806072

Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle

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Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle

Prince Jones, a self-professed teen love doctor known for his radio segment on the local hip-hop station, believes he can get the bookish, anti-romance Dani Ford to fall in love with him in three dates.

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Simon and Schuster

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1665908157

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A Ray of Hope

By: Ebony Aiken

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A Ray of Hope

By: Ebony Aiken

Fifteen-year-old Essence Imani Harris cant believe it. Her parents have both been called to a fifteen-month military deployment to fight the war in Afghanistan. She, her older brother, and younger sister must leave their home and friends in San Antonio, Texas to live with their aunt and uncle in Mississippi. Essence, nicknamed CeCe, wrestles with this change and the physical separation from both parents. After moving in with their aunt and uncle, the siblings begin to build lives for themselves in Mississippi. CeCe learns her aunt may be infertile, and the couple desperately want children of their own. This situation creates stress for all in household. CeCe holds things together, overcoming the stress and tension through her faith and examples from her mother and her aunt. Recognizing where she is, and not knowing what lies ahead CeCe re-commits her life to Christ, and she is tested by lifes trials. Seemingly, the gates of hell open and CeCe deals with death, loss, and some of her deepest fears. During this trying period, she bonds with her aunts parents who become surrogate grandparents to CeCe and her siblings. An answer to prayer, CeCes new grandparents help keep the family rooted in Christ and give them needed reality checks. With all that life throws at CeCe,will she find a ray of hope?

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Archway Publishing

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148081461X

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History vs Women

The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know

By: Anita Sarkeesian,Ebony Adams

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History vs Women

The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know

By: Anita Sarkeesian,Ebony Adams

Rebels, rulers, scientists, artists, warriors and villains Women are, and have always been, all these things and more. Looking through the ages and across the globe, Anita Sarkeesian, founder of Feminist Frequency, along with Ebony Adams PHD, have reclaimed the stories of twenty-five remarkable women who dared to defy history and change the world around them. From Mongolian wrestlers to Chinese pirates, Native American ballerinas to Egyptian scientists, Japanese novelists to British Prime Ministers, History vs Women will reframe the history that you thought you knew. Featuring beautiful full-color illustrations of each woman and a bold graphic design, this standout nonfiction title is the perfect read for teens (or adults!) who want the true stories of phenomenal women from around the world and insight into how their lives and accomplishments impacted both their societies and our own.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250146720

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9781250146724

Black, Brown, Bruised

How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation

By: Ebony Omotola McGee

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Black, Brown, Bruised

How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation

By: Ebony Omotola McGee

2022 PROSE Award Finalist Drawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM. Based on this extensive research, McGee advocates for structural and institutional changes to address racial discrimination, stereotyping, and hostile environments in an effort to make the field more inclusive. Black, Brown, Bruised reveals the challenges that underrepresented racially minoritized students confront in order to succeed in these exclusive, usually all-White, academic and professional realms. The book provides searing accounts of racism inscribed on campus, in the lab, and on the job, and portrays learning and work environments as arenas rife with racial stereotyping, conscious and unconscious bias, and micro-aggressions. As a result, many students experience the effects of a racial battle fatigue—physical and mental exhaustion borne of their hostile learning and work environments—leading them to abandon STEM fields entirely. McGee offers policies and practices that must be implemented to ensure that STEM education and employment become more inclusive including internships, mentoring opportunities, and curricular offerings. Such structural changes are imperative if we are to reverse the negative effects of racialized STEM and unlock the potential of all students to drive technological innovation and power the economy.

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Harvard Education Press

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1682535371

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Rap and Religion

Understanding the Gangsta's God

By: Ebony A. Utley

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Rap and Religion

Understanding the Gangsta's God

By: Ebony A. Utley

This book provides an enlightening, representative account of how rappers talk about God in their lyrics—and why a sense of religion plays an intrinsic role within hip hop culture. Why is the battle between good and evil a recurring theme in rap lyrics? What role does the devil play in hip hop? What exactly does it mean when rappers wear a diamond-encrusted "Jesus" around their necks? Why do rappers acknowledge God during award shows and frequently include prayers in their albums? Rap and Religion: Understanding the Gangsta's God tackles a sensitive and controversial topic: the juxtaposition—and seeming hypocrisy—of references to God within hip hop culture and rap music. This book provides a focused examination of the intersection of God and religion with hip hop and rap music. Author Ebony A. Utley, PhD, references selected rap lyrics and videos that span three decades of mainstream hip hop culture in America, representing the East Coast, the West Coast, and the South in order to account for how and why rappers talk about God. Utley also describes the complex urban environments that birthed rap music and sources interviews, award acceptance speeches, magazine and website content, and liner notes to further explain how God became entrenched in hip hop.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313376697

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Displaced Comrades

Politics and Surveillance in the Lives of Soviet Refugees in the West

By: Ebony Nilsson

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Displaced Comrades

Politics and Surveillance in the Lives of Soviet Refugees in the West

By: Ebony Nilsson

This book explores the lives of left-wing Soviet refugees who fled the Cold War to settle in Australia, and uncovers how they adjusted to life under surveillance in the West. As Cold War tensions built in the postwar years, many of these refugees happily resettled in the West as model refugees, proof of capitalist countries' superiority. But for a few, this was not the case. Displaced Comrades provides an account of these Cold War misfits, those refugees who fled East for West, but remained left-wing or pro-Soviet. Drawing on interviews, government records and surveillance dossiers from multiple continents this book explores how these refugees' ideas took root in new ways. As these radical ideas drew suspicion from western intelligence these everyday lives were put under surveillance, shadowed by the persistent threat of espionage. With unprecented access to intelligence records, Nilsson focuses on how a number of these left-wing refugees adjusted to life in Australia, opening up a previously invisible segment of postwar migration history, and offering a new exploration of life as a Soviet 'enemy alien' in the West.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350378402

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9781350378407

52 Weeks and Counting...

By: Ebony Webster

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52 Weeks and Counting...

By: Ebony Webster

China is a businesswoman who worked her way to the top the old-fashioned way; through hard-work, dedication and the retirement of her most precious sexual gem. But she meets Malcolm and he puts her loyalty to the test. Tabitha is a little girl trapped in the body of her imaginary friend, Bobby. But is Bobby really her friend or her abuser? Trampled by love over and over, and bearing the emotional scars to prove it, a women finally finds Mr. Perfect and love but is stood up by the man of her dreams. Will she let this dream be a reality of her former nightmares? And due to checkout at any time, a mans wife is battling cancer. In his mind, she will not be here much longer to hold him and love him the way she had for so many years. Who will be there to love him and motivate him and even console him when she is gone? He lets other ladies ease his mind and stroke his ego among other things. At last my love has come along. He just knew they were going to be the next first family until the unthinkable happens. The wife of an over-worked politician has an affair, has a baby outside the marriage and the family is falling apart. In a church world, many secrets surround the sanctuary, primarily in the pulpit. Boggled by guilt, Bishop McFoster wants to reveal his secret, right before offering time, but is shot to death before he can. These collections of short stories, plus more, reveal what happens next in their livesone year later.

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AuthorHouse

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1468543776

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9781468543773

Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move

Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement

By: Ebony Joy Wilkins

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Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move

Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement

By: Ebony Joy Wilkins

It's March 2, 1955, and an ordinary 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, Alabama is about to do something extraordinary. When a white bus driver orders Claudette Colvin to give up her seat for a white passenger, she refuses to move. After Claudette is arrested, her brave actions help inspire Civil Rights leaders organize bus boycotts and perform similar acts to defy segregation laws. Eventually, Claudette's court case results in overturning Alabama's unconstitutional laws and provides greater freedom for black Americans everywhere. Written in graphic-novel format.

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Capstone Press

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1496690680

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Trailblazers: Beyoncé

Queen of the Spotlight

By: Ebony Joy Wilkins

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Trailblazers: Beyoncé

Queen of the Spotlight

By: Ebony Joy Wilkins

Bring history home and meet some of the world's greatest game changers! Get inspired by the true story of one of the world's most famous singers. This biography series is for kids who loved Who Was? and are ready for the next level. Beyoncé Knowles became famous as the lead singer of the popular group Destiny's Child. But on her own, she's had even bigger hits. From movies to Grammy Awards to performing at the Super Bowl halftime show, Beyoncé is one of the world's most amazing superstars. Find out how the girl who entered local singing competitions became one of history's greatest trailblazers! Trailblazers is a biography series that celebrates the lives of amazing pioneers, past and present, from all over the world. Get inspired by more Trailblazers: Neil Armstrong, Jackie Robinson, Jane Goodall, Harriet Tubman, Albert Einstein, Beyoncé, and Simone Biles. What kind of trail will you blaze?

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Random House Books for Young Readers

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0593124456

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9780593124451

Malcolm X

Get to Know the Civil Rights Activist

By: Ebony Joy Wilkins

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Malcolm X

Get to Know the Civil Rights Activist

By: Ebony Joy Wilkins

Malcolm X is known as a leader of the civil rights movement. He faced racism, spent time in prison, became a minister, joined the Nation of Islam, left, took a pilgrimage to Mecca, traveled the world, and became a public figure before his assassination. Explore how his words shaped the civil rights movement and the people who called him a leader.

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1543590918

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Judith Godwin

Paintings 1954-2002

By: Judith Godwin,Lowery Stokes Sims,David Ebony

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Judith Godwin

Paintings 1954-2002

By: Judith Godwin,Lowery Stokes Sims,David Ebony

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition "Judith Godwin: Paintings, 1954-2002." It includes color illustrations of the eighteen works included in the show, an introduction by Ira Spanierman, and essays by Lowery Stokes Sims and David Ebony.

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Spanierman Gallery LLC

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1935617060

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9781935617068

The Leader in You

Discovering Your Unexpected Path to Influence

By: Ebony S. Small

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The Leader in You

Discovering Your Unexpected Path to Influence

By: Ebony S. Small

Have you ever been thrust into a surprising place of leadership? Ebony S. Small is a young leader with a wealth of experience in both churches and organizations. With both practical and biblical wisdom, she invites you to discover your unique leadership gifts and see how every life experience can be used to help you lead from an authentic and healthy place.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830831843

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9780830831845

Poetry from My Heart

By: Ebony Queen Freeman

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Poetry from My Heart

By: Ebony Queen Freeman

Poetry From My Heart Is urban poetry with a seductive twist, It keeps it real as the Artist lets her audience take a deeper look at her beliefs, desires, love , and her pain.even her thoughts on the upcoming election. Ebony Queen's First book, Loving Me...Finally started it all, Now Here is The Sequel.....

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465327118

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9781465327116

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad

By: Ebony Wilkins

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If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad

By: Ebony Wilkins

What do you know about the Underground Railroad? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is the perfect partner for the classroom and for history-loving readers. How did the Underground Railroad get its name? Why is it called a railroad? How did people find it? Who operated it? Ebony Joy Wilkins answers all these questions and more in this comprehensive guide to the Underground Railroad. A great choice for Civil War units, and for teaching children about this important part of American history.

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1338848410

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A Crooked Smile

By: Ebony Williams

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A Crooked Smile

By: Ebony Williams

Makayla is like your average little girl. Growing up in Decatur Georgia with a loving family. Somewhere down the line between family drama and secrets that come out along side of other people that enter her life. She is the lone person to stand the trail of the murder of her family and a few others. She confides in a friend named Monica who knows way more about Makayla's life than Makayla herself.

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146705433X

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Living Beyond My Pain

By: Ebony Smith

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Living Beyond My Pain

By: Ebony Smith

God never said our journey in life would be easy, however, He did say He would be our very present help in the time of trouble. Once we grasp that and hold on to it, our trials will seem so much easier." At age seventeen, Ebony Smith suddenly lost her father. Still reeling from a tumultuous childhood, this loss exposed a deep emptiness that sent her down a path of drinking, drugs and promiscuity that would forever impact her life. Growing up familiar with not so fashionable clothing and cold winters without the expensive comfort of heat, Smith and her three sisters lived simply. That all changed when her parents separated and pulled up their roots of stability, keeping them moving from place to place while grappling to understand their new version of normal. In the years to come, they would cling to each other through more loss and heartache. In this moving autobiography, Smith tells her story of great hardship and enormous strength with optimism and remarkable humor. Honestly describing the pain of childhood disappointment and the universal desire to see your parents healthy, happy, and together, Smith presents what it is like as a child and young adult to continually search for happiness-despite the obstacles life throws your way. Experience the healing power of God's love that put her back together, in her own heartfelt words.

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Xulon Press

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1498457061

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9781498457064

Eve's Confession: Songs of a Lustful Soul

By: Ebony Nicole Smith

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Eve's Confession: Songs of a Lustful Soul

By: Ebony Nicole Smith

Off the heels of her husband's affair, Eve found herself voyaging on a road well traveled as the betrayed wife. Everything in her instructed her to leave him. However, from the counseling of her mother and pastor, she remained with her husband, Shamar. To aid in the healing of their marriage, the Dawson's sought marriage therapy. For Shamar, a year was enough time to heal from his sin, but for Eve, it would take much longer. While she loved her husband, trusting him would never be the same. Every late arrival home, unanswered text message or phone call, and trips out of town increased the distrust within her. Despite his demanding career as a criminal defense lawyer, Eve was often on the back burner of his life. If she had to set his priorities, they would follow as career, kids, family/friends, and finally -- wife. Tired of feeling like a fourth placed fool, Eve ventured out to find what she was missing from her husband. The search would lead her into the presence of a young stranger. Becoming the filler of her voided existence, the stranger would haul out pieces of Eve she never knew she had. Within a few fleeting moments in time, Eve went from being a devoted, bitter and alone wife to an unfaithful, happy and involved adulterer. The new life she led was all smoke and mirrors for what she did not see was the trouble lingering on the path ahead. At the end of Eve's Confession, the tried and true meaning of full forgiveness was put to the test. Not everyone was who they seemed and her best interests were never the main concern. Listen to the playlist of Eve's life where the hooks of the songs were her spinning life, the base of the guitars were her lustful desires and the beating drums were the uncertain future.

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1492300926

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9781492300922

Mindful Moments Journal Vol. 1

By: Ebony Smith

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Mindful Moments Journal Vol. 1

By: Ebony Smith

Sometimes thoughts of anxiety get the best of you and there's not much you can do about it. But how about if you could express those anxious thoughts on paper? Drawing them out can help to alleviate the anxiety. These journals are designed with beautiful artwork and a "mindful" theme to help you recognize where your thoughts are coming from when they become anxious. Ebony Smith is a graphic designer, digital creator, and owner of Purposely Kreative Design Studio. Purposely Kreative Design Studio is a creative lifestyle brand with a mission to create inspirational and empowering designs for people who suffer from stress and anxiety. Ebony has a passion for creating inspiring and uplifting designs to help others feel their best. Ebony is also a certified Therapeutic Art Coach. To learn more about her please visit https: //purposelykreative.com/ Email for more information- hello@purposelykreative.com

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1387863827

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9781387863822

My Life, My Story

The Story of a Girl’S Journey to Womanhood

By: Ebony A. Ferebee

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My Life, My Story

The Story of a Girl’S Journey to Womanhood

By: Ebony A. Ferebee

My Life, My Story shares the story of Ebony Ferebees challenging life. From the age of eight, she has lived a very different life from others. Throughout her life, she has faced obstacles and challenges that have given her a very different perspective on life. She has dealt with abuse in her home, molestation, the death of a parent, a suicide attempt, her mothers breast cancer diagnosis, an identity crisis, an abusive relationship, and adjustment to becoming a military wife at nineteen. In My Life, My Story, she speaks to the little girl who just wants to be loved and to the young lady who wants a better life for herself. She has been able to overcome the challenges the world has thrown at her and live an amazing life despite all the odds against her. These days, she spends quality time with the Lord every day and keeps in touch with her brother, who is now in college. She strives to live up to Gods expectations, and there is no place she would rather be other than exactly where she is in her life. Celebrating womanhood and life!

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1450284302

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My Life, My Story

The Story of a Girl's Journey to Womanhood

By: Ebony A. Ferebee

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The Story of a Girl's Journey to Womanhood

By: Ebony A. Ferebee

My Life, My Story" shares the story of Ebony Ferebee's challenging life. From the age of eight, she has lived a very different life from others. Throughout her life, she has faced obstacles and challenges that have given her a very different perspective on life. She has dealt with abuse in her home, molestation, the death of a parent, a suicide attempt, her mother's breast cancer diagnosis, an identity crisis, an abusive relationship, and adjustment to becoming a military wife at nineteen. In "My Life, My Story, " she speaks to the little girl who just wants to be loved and to the young lady who wants a better life for herself. She has been able to overcome the challenges the world has thrown at her and live an amazing life despite all the odds against her. These days, she spends quality time with the Lord every day and keeps in touch with her brother, who is now in college. She strives to live up to God's expectations, and there is no place she would rather be other than exactly where she is in her life. Celebrating womanhood and life!

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1450284299

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Hot Comb

By: Ebony Flowers

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Hot Comb

By: Ebony Flowers

AN AUSPICIOUS DEBUT EXAMINING THE CULTURE OF HAIR FROM THE RONA JAFFE FOUNDATION AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into Black women’s lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story “Hot Comb” is about a young girl’s first perm—a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming “too white” in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In “Virgin Hair” taunts of “tender-headed” sting as much as the perm itself. It’s a scenario that repeats fifteen years later as an adult when, tired of the maintenance, Flowers shaves her head only to be hurled new put-downs. The story “My Lil Sister Lena” traces the stress resulting from being the only black player on a white softball team. Her hair is the team curio, an object to touched, a subject to be discussed and debated at the will of her teammates, leading Lena to develop an anxiety disorder of pulling her own hair out. Among the series of cultural touchpoints that make you both laugh and cry, Flowers recreates classic magazine ads idealizing women’s needs for hair relaxers and product. “Change your hair form to fit your life form” and “Kinks and Koils Forever” call customers from the page. Realizations about race, class, and the imperfections of identity swirl through Flowers’ stories and ads, which are by turns sweet, insightful, and heartbreaking. Flowers began drawing comics while earning her PhD, and her early mastery of sequential storytelling is nothing short of sublime. Hot Comb is a propitious display of talent from a new cartoonist who has already made her mark.

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Drawn & Quarterly

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1770464190

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9781770464193

The Gospel According to a Black Woman

By: Ebony J Adedayo

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The Gospel According to a Black Woman

By: Ebony J Adedayo

What happens if we took the word 'gospel, ' a word that has been traditionally used in a Christian context, and opened it up to broader usage? What happens if we, as a Black women, insisted that truth is not only found in sacred texts like the Bible, among others, but is also found in us, within the depths of our experience? What happens if we collectively insisted that our lives, our bodies, are also sacred texts that need to be studied and taken seriously

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9798678020376

Billie Holiday: The Graphic Novel

Women in Jazz

By: Ebony Gilbert,David Calcano

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Billie Holiday: The Graphic Novel

Women in Jazz

By: Ebony Gilbert,David Calcano

Dive into the celebrated life of “Lady Day” with this fully-illustrated graphic novel that tells the story of Billie Holiday’s rapid—and, at times, grueling—rise to become one of the best musicians who ever lived. From her days as a young entertainer performing for small jazz clubs in Harlem, to headlining sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall, every trouble and triumph of Billie Holiday's bold, influential career is featured in this graphic novel from Fantoons. Throughout the book’s 144 pages of dazzling color illustrations, readers will revisit Billie’s peak years as she helped lead the transition from the Harlem Renaissance to the iconic Swing Era alongside some of the top names in jazz—including Artie Shaw, Lester Young, and Count Basie. Meanwhile, readers will learn the true history behind the making and recording of some of Billie’s most-classic hits, like “God Bless the Child,” and “Strange Fruit,” the latter of which is considered to be the first protest song of the civil rights era. Widely recognized as one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, Billie’s emotive voice, distinct phrasing, and flawless technique cemented her place as an American icon. Now, new and longtime fans alike have the opportunity to learn more about Lady Day’s short but spectacular life. At a time when the country is struggling with issues involving identity and race, this graphic novel provides a timely look into the fascinating life of a fighter, survivor, and world-renowned artist.

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1970047135

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