SISTER TO SISTER:
BLACK WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
Books Available at Hackley Public Library
155.84 Ed95c Children of the Dream: the Psychology of Black Success. Audrey Edwards, 1992.
Those who grew up during the post-Civil Rights era have succeeded largely because of a positive sense of racial identity.
301.451 Sco84h Habit of Surviving: Black Women’s Strategies for Life. Kesho Yvonne Scott, 1991.
This is a book shared by four Black women who tell of their “lessons” while dancing to the beat of surviving, loving, and just plain living.
305.23 G565s Saving our Sons:Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World. Marita Golden, 1995.
The mother of a teenaged boy in Washington, D.C. worries about his safe passage to manhood in a threatening environment.
305.48 B692i In the Company of my Sisters: Black Women and Self-esteem. Judith A. Conyers Boyd, 1993.
A Black psychotherapist addresses the emotional issues and realities of Black women’s lives.
305.48 L85d Dearest Brothers, Love Awaits, Much Peace, Your Sisters: African American Women Talk about Sex, Love, and Life. Courtney Long, 1995.
Interviews revealing what 26 women think African American men need to know.
305.48 So83n No Disrespect. Sister Souljah, 1994.
Candid look at how Black girls can grow up in a tough world with their integrity intact, by the hip hop star.
306.7089 C377e Entitled to Good Loving: Black Men and Women and the Battle for Love and Power. Audrey B. Chapman, 1995.
Power struggles and blame can be overcome with sensitivity and honesty when Black men and women want to achieve love.
306.7089 G767b Best Kind of Loving: a Black Woman’s Guide to Intimacy. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, 1995.
Empowering solutions for women in loving relationships.
332.024 B798b Black Woman’s Guide to Financial Independence. Cheryl D. Broussard, 1996.
Nothing gives a woman strength more than having a firm grasp of money management.
332.02403 B647s Smart money moves for African-Americans Kelvin E. Boston, 1996.
A financial planner shows how anyone can learn to increase financial security despite the traditional handicaps Blacks have had to overcome.
395.22 C674j Jumping the Broom: the African-American Wedding Planner. Harriette Cole, 1993.
Combines traditional American wedding plans with African-based decor, food, and fashion for a true marriage of cultures.
613 B561 Black Woman’s Health Book: Speaking for Ourselves. ed. by Evelyn C. White, 1990.
Growing out of the National Black Women’s Health Project, this self-help book presents the views of many women on the health issues and experiences they have faced.
613.089 D643g Good Health for African-Americans. Barbara M. Dixon, 1994.
Nutrition and life style changes can eliminate the health gap. Includes soul-food make over recipes.
646.7 V395v Value in the Valley: a Black Woman’s Guide to Life’s Dilemmas. Iyania Vanzant, 1995.
Obstacles and dilemmas are life’s valleys but facing their challenges brings strength and insight.
646.72 M426w Women of Color: the Multicultural Fashion Guide. Darlene Mathis, 1994.
Makeup, beauty, and fashion do’s and don’ts based on “seasonal” skin tones of a diverse spectrum of women.
649.4 D561g Good Health for African-American Kids. Barbara M. Dixon, 1996.
Risk factors for Black kids, historic, cultural, and genetic, lead to unique health problems.
650.13 G862s Success Runs in Our Race: the Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African American Community. George C. Fraser, 1994.
Networking is essential not only for individual success but to strengthen the Afrocentric communal spirit.