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Author | : Anna Sewell |
Publisher | : Sleeping Bear Press |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2013-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1627535861 |
One of the most popular animal stories of all time, Anna Sewell's Black Beauty was first published in 1877. Drawn from the original text and intended for even the youngest of horse lovers, Black Beauty's Early Days in the Meadow depicts the first few months of the horse's life as a foal frolicking in the meadow. Artist Jane Monroe Donovan renders the classic story in lush oil paintings that convey a pastoral world of green fields and shady trees, while tenderly capturing the special love between mare and foal. The perfect harmony of words and pictures proves once again that the simplest messages are often the strongest. Readers will relish the sweetness of life in the meadow and the companionship of family and friends.
Author | : Anna Sewell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Black Beauty (Fictitious character) |
ISBN | : |
A horse of nineteenth century England tells his life story from his early home through many masters and experiences, both good and bad.
Author | : Kimberly Brown Pellum PhD |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2020-02-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439668914 |
In 1984, Vanessa Williams broke the race barrier to become Miss America, but she was not the first Black woman to wear a pageant crown. Black beauty pageants created a distinctive and celebrated cultural tradition during some of the most dismal times in the country's racial history. With the rise of the civil rights and Black Pride movements, pageantry also represented a component of social activism. Professor Kimberly Pellum explores this glamourous and profound history with contributions by dozens of former contestants who share their personal experiences.
Author | : Melissa Holbrook Pierson |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2001-10-17 |
Genre | : Pets |
ISBN | : 0393345335 |
"Thought-provoking…A lovely testament to horses and women from all walks of life." —Chicago Tribune In a phenomenon too prevalent to be mere chance, little girls all over the Western world wake one day to find themselves completely taken over by the love of all things equine. Melissa Holbrook Pierson was one of those horse-crazy girls who later returned to riding with a new appreciation for the nature of horses. Melding memoir, sociology, history, anecdote, and a bit of prose poetry, Dark Horses and Black Beauties delves beneath the shallow hypotheses explaining women's connection to horses to look at how this communication with another animal opens us up to a new apprehension of the larger "natural" world.
Author | : Maxine Leeds Craig |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2002-06-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198032557 |
"Black is Beautiful!" The words were the exuberant rallying cry of a generation of black women who threw away their straightening combs and adopted a proud new style they called the Afro. The Afro, as worn most famously by Angela Davis, became a veritable icon of the Sixties. Although the new beauty standards seemed to arise overnight, they actually had deep roots within black communities. Tracing her story to 1891, when a black newspaper launched a contest to find the most beautiful woman of the race, Maxine Leeds Craig documents how black women have negotiated the intersection of race, class, politics, and personal appearance in their lives. Craig takes the reader from beauty parlors in the 1940s to late night political meetings in the 1960s to demonstrate the powerful influence of social movements on the experience of daily life. With sources ranging from oral histories of Civil Rights and Black Power Movement activists and men and women who stood on the sidelines to black popular magazines and the black movement press, Ain't I a Beauty Queen? will fascinate those interested in beauty culture, gender, class, and the dynamics of race and social movements.
Author | : Melissa Holbrook Pierson |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2001-10 |
Genre | : Girls |
ISBN | : 9780393322668 |
Melding memoir, sociology, history, anecdote, and a bit of prose poetry, "Dark Horses and Black Beauties" delves beneath shallow hypotheses to look at how this communication with horses opens women up to a new apprehension of the larger "natural" world. Illustrations.
Author | : Yvonne D. Sims |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2015-03-26 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786451548 |
With the Civil Rights movement of the sixties fresh in their perspective, movie producers of the early 1970s began to make films aimed toward the underserved African American audience. Over the next five years or so, a number of cheaply made, so-called blaxploitation movies featured African American actresses in roles which broke traditional molds. Typically long on flash and violence but lacking in character depth and development, this genre nonetheless did a great deal toward redefining the perception of African American actresses, breaking traditional African American female stereotypes and laying the groundwork for later feminine action heroines. This critical study examines the ways in which the blaxploitation heroines of the early 1970s reshaped the presentation of African American actresses on screen and, to a certain degree, the perception of African American females in general. It discusses the social, political and cultural context in which blaxploitation films emerged. The work focuses on four African American actresses--Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, Teresa Graves and Jeanne Belle--providing critical and audience response to their films as well as insight into the perspectives of the actresses themselves. The eventual demise of the blaxploitation genre due to formulaic plots and lack of character development is also discussed. Finally, the work addresses the mainstreaming of the action heroine in general and a recent resurgence of interest in black action movies. Relevant film stills and a selected filmography including cast list and plot synopsis are also included. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author | : Latoya Nicole |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2020-11-18 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781734879742 |
Have you ever had trouble relaxing, feeling overwhelmed or remembering to take time out for YOU? Finally! A Self Care coloring book by Latoya Nicole - Exhale: Celebrating Black and Brown Women and it's the perfect Christmas gift to yourself. You can't pour from an empty cup. Give yourself permission to focus on self-care and self-love. It is important for your physical wellness and mental health, as well as for the health of your relationships. This self care coloring book provides 24 beautiful illustrations featuring motivational quotes and women relaxing, reading, journaling, exercising and putting themselves first. Add Self Care and Motivation back into your day with this diverse coloring book for adults. The perfect gift for friends, family and for yourself this holiday. It will inspire you and introduce you to ideas that all of us need to practice self care. Grab your colored pencils, markers, gel pens, and watercolors and have fun taking time to finally EXHALE. Looking for more diversity inspired coloring books for adults? Check out the following bestselling books by Latoya Nicole: "24 Shades of Business", "Me and My", "80's Ladies", "Alma Mater", and "Holiday Slay"! Buy it for yourself or as a gift as a great way to unwind. Premium gloss finish cover design Printed single sided on bright white paper Large format 8.5" x 11.0" pages Moderate to complex in detail
Author | : Jayna Brown |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2008-09-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780822390695 |
Babylon Girls is a groundbreaking cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows—chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the like—between 1890 and 1945. Through a consideration of the gestures, costuming, vocal techniques, and stagecraft developed by African American singers and dancers, Jayna Brown explains how these women shaped the movement and style of an emerging urban popular culture. In an era of U.S. and British imperialism, these women challenged and played with constructions of race, gender, and the body as they moved across stages and geographic space. They pioneered dance movements including the cakewalk, the shimmy, and the Charleston—black dances by which the “New Woman” defined herself. These early-twentieth-century performers brought these dances with them as they toured across the United States and around the world, becoming cosmopolitan subjects more widely traveled than many of their audiences. Investigating both well-known performers such as Ada Overton Walker and Josephine Baker and lesser-known artists such as Belle Davis and Valaida Snow, Brown weaves the histories of specific singers and dancers together with incisive theoretical insights. She describes the strange phenomenon of blackface performances by women, both black and white, and she considers how black expressive artists navigated racial segregation. Fronting the “picaninny choruses” of African American child performers who toured Britain and the Continent in the early 1900s, and singing and dancing in The Creole Show (1890), Darktown Follies (1913), and Shuffle Along (1921), black women variety-show performers of the early twentieth century paved the way for later generations of African American performers. Brown shows not only how these artists influenced transnational ideas of the modern woman but also how their artistry was an essential element in the development of jazz.
Author | : Michael Eric Dyson |
Publisher | : Civitas Books |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
The author writes an open "love letter" to the African American women in his life, proclaiming his adoration and respect for women of color in America.