A powerful and deeply personal novel that follows a young African American man’s journey through the court system on the wrong side of the color line. The world is black and white—but Rilei tends to live in a gray area—until life forces him to open his eyes. From his sheltered childhood to his rude awakening to reality, must learn how to be a survivor in the ghetto streets of Akron, Ohio. Being a survivor also means that he’ll have to learn how to accept that the world doesn’t come in different shades of gray, and that he is on the wrong side of black and white. When he enters the criminal justice system, he finds it rigged against him from the beginning. Can Rilei tell his story and change the fate society has written for him? From a new voice in Black American fiction, this is a powerful, evocative portrait of a young man finding his way in a sometimes-hostile society that offers a first-person account of racism and asks: On the wrong side of the color line, is American justice possible, or is it just us?

A bold new book entitled "What Black Women Really Think", covers an array of social issues and current events. A intimate group of African-American women will discuss issues such as interracial dating, how to start your own business, infidelity, as well as the effects of racism and classism on society. Poetry and stories are included to further communicate thoughts and feelings with the readers. This book is also interactive, so the reader can actively participate!

Losing your best friend is agonizing. It's even worse when you suspect an old friend has murdered him.From birth, Dominic Rabideux has battled addiction, abandonment, and racism. When he turns 18, he receives an enormous fortune. Soon he is living like a rock star, his world filled with drugs, limousines, parties and women.But Dominic's inner demons arise, and his life spirals quickly out of control. Eventually he is faced with the possibility of a criminal trial. He is given a tough choice: enlist in the military or risk going to prison. Craving spiritual wholeness, Dominic meets a holy man, who foretells in a vision that he will become a great warrior. Dominic scoffs at the prophecy.But three years later on a remote mountaintop in Afghanistan, he is on a night patrol. Hopelessly outgunned and outnumbered, he and his fellow American soldiers are in a deadly firefight. They need a warrior to lead them back to safety. When Dominic returns to the Reservation, he is still in combat, this time with an invisible enemy that threatens to finish him: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Again, his world is chaos until a violent incident forces him to re-examine his priorities. But he knows he can only truly heal once he confronts his best friend's killer.If you like action, heartbreak, and a deeply American story, you will love Andrew Lewis Jameson's Here Stands a Warrior.

Now in an updated 2nd edition, Musicology: The Key Concepts is a handy A-Z reference guide to the terms and concepts associated with contemporary musicology. Drawing on critical theory with a focus on new musicology, this updated edition contains over 35 new entries including: Autobiography Music and Conflict Deconstruction Postcolonialism Disability Music after 9/11 Masculinity Gay Musicology Aesthetics Ethnicity Interpretation Subjectivity With all entries updated, and suggestions for further reading throughout, this text is an essential resource for all students of music, musicology, and wider performance related humanities disciplines.

Bodies were stacked one upon another, the stench in the air was sickening and most fowl. Shackles could be heard as the chains met together. Moans and groans filled the darkness in the underbelly of the ship. The smell of human waste and bodily fluids made it unbearable. The screams of women and children could be heard coming from overhead, every day there was the sounds of the dead being thrown into the sea. This was the journey Africans would make to the place that is called America.

An inside look at the lives and careers of the Temptations and other Motown artists traces the band members lives, from their roots in the deep South to their first big success to worldwide fame. 25,000 first printing. National ad/promo.