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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherDoubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-100385482590
ISBN-139780385482592
eBay Product ID (ePID)806298
Product Key Features
Book TitleAfrican American Book of Values : Classic Moral Stories
Number of Pages960 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEthics, American / African American, Sociology / General, General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Social Science, Self-Help, Literary Collections
AuthorSteven Barboza
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.2 in
Item Weight46.6 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-025628
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"This is a book that belongs in the home of everyone who wants to know more about the breadth of contributions African Americans have made to American culture." -The Dallas Morning News From the Trade Paperback edition.
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal305.896/073
SynopsisInThe African-American Book of Values,Steven Barboza has gathered together a wealth of stories that make up a moral map for modern living. Relying on the words and stories of (to name a few) the well-known: Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, Zora Neale Hurston, Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Frances E.W. Harper, Malcolm X, Alex Haley, Benjamin Banneker, Phillis Wheatley--the unsung: ship captain, Robert Smalls; Underground Railroad "conductor" William Still; Stoplight inventor, Elijah McCoy (better known as the "Real McCoy") ; poet Georgia Douglas Johnson; etiquette maven Charlotte Hawkins Brown; Elizabeth Keckley, seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln;The African-American Book of Valuesillustrates for young and old, black and white the necessary characteristics by which we should lead our lives. Split into two sections, "The Book of Self-Mastery" and "The Book of Empathy," and, augmented by black-and-white photos, line drawings and color illustrations,The African-American Book of Valueswill be a stunning "must-have" addition to African-American and American households everywhere.
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