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Force of Beauty: A Newark Family Memoir

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Description: My family. My Newark.The story of three generations of Black women, one extraordinary friendship, and a not-often recalled history of the city that made them.In Force of Beauty, Mikki Taylor, editor-at-large of Essence magazine and longtime activist, introduces us to her gifted grandmother, Bessie, her glamorous mother, Modina, and how Modina's friendship with the legendary Sarah Vaughan shaped Mikki's childhood. Taylor's mini-memoir is a tribute to Newark in the '50s and '60s, of cool jazz clubs and close-knit neighborhoods, a handsome house on Avon Avenue, and one family's tale of perseverance and ingenuity in a city they all loved.At a time when Black women were marginalized, disrespected, overlooked, and unseen, Bessie and Modina showed Mikki how beauty and style can be a force for good.The recording includes an introduction by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and a reading by Mayor Baraka of the poem his father, the esteemed Amiri Baraka, wrote about the Newark rebellion, which Taylor discusses living through as a young girl.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Force of Beauty: A Newark Family Memoir. To get started finding Force of Beauty: A Newark Family Memoir, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Force of Beauty: A Newark Family Memoir

Unknown Author
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Description:  My family. My Newark.The story of three generations of Black women, one extraordinary friendship, and a not-often recalled history of the city that made them.In Force of Beauty, Mikki Taylor, editor-at-large of Essence magazine and longtime activist, introduces us to her gifted grandmother, Bessie, her glamorous mother, Modina, and how Modina's friendship with the legendary Sarah Vaughan shaped Mikki's childhood. Taylor's mini-memoir is a tribute to Newark in the '50s and '60s, of cool jazz clubs and close-knit neighborhoods, a handsome house on Avon Avenue, and one family's tale of perseverance and ingenuity in a city they all loved.At a time when Black women were marginalized, disrespected, overlooked, and unseen, Bessie and Modina showed Mikki how beauty and style can be a force for good.The recording includes an introduction by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and a reading by Mayor Baraka of the poem his father, the esteemed Amiri Baraka, wrote about the Newark rebellion, which Taylor discusses living through as a young girl.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Force of Beauty: A Newark Family Memoir. To get started finding Force of Beauty: A Newark Family Memoir, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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1713650649

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