The State of Black America is the National Urban League's annual barometer of the conditions, experiences, and opinions of African-Americans. The State of Black America 2008: In the Black Woman's Voice provides the black female perspective of the challenges that currently confront the African-American community, with particular emphasis on issues facing black women. It also presents the Equality Index and the National Urban League's groundbreaking Opportunity Compact, a comprehensive set of principles and social and economic policies of this nation. Published annually since 1976, The State of Black America report analyzes and addresses the issues central to Black America in the current year. Through the Equality Index and incisive, in-depth essays, the report measures black progress in education, homeownership, entrepreneurship, health, and other areas; forecasts social and political trends; and proposes concrete solutions to the community's, and America's, most pressing challenges.

The State of Black America 2008

Politics & Social Sciences

National Urban League

Social Sciences

Beckham Pubns

Offers questions and answers about Black Americans and their roles in history, art, literature, sports, and entertainment

1999 Facts About Blacks: A Sourcebook of African-American Accomplishment

Corbin, Raymond M.

Biographies & Memoirs

Offers profiles of nearly two hundred American colleges, shares information on academic climate, support services, Black student organizations, and social life, and includes information on tuition, Black faculty, student body, and financial aid

The Black Student's Guide to Colleges: Profiles of 182 Colleges, Black & White

Beckham, Barry

Reference

Talks about growing up without a father, with a mother who is beautiful, promiscuous, avidly ambitious. This work deals with growing up defiant and scared, happy and torn up, black, and human in a small town in Maine, in the human jungle of New York.

My Main Mother

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

The quilt of humanity is in a tattered state, says Deborah Howard, a New York City organization development and diversity consultant. We suffer too much as a result of racism, oppression, and the various ways that power and privilege affect us. Drawing on her own cultural background, she employs the Jewish concept of tikkun olam-healing and repairing the world-to present a provocatively insightful way out of our dilemma. That ideal can be applied both to the overall tattered quilt of humanity and to the individual torn, twisted, and distorted woven cloths that make up this quilt. Mending the quilt of humanity is a lengthy and complicated process. It requires reparation and healing on different levels and in many ways, all of which are necessary for complete equity and justice. Weaving her own story of injustice and oppression into the larger pattern, Deborah Howard gives us an inspiring model to follow. We learn how to weave our own stories into those of the larger society. Finally, she writes about the importance of understanding the essential thread of forgiveness-for ourselves and for others for perpetuating society's inequities.

Repairing the Quilt of Humanity

Howard, Deborah

Beckham's Guide to Scholarships is an up-to-date reference tool listing the most important and little-known sources of private financial aid for black and minority students. The volume gives the reader: contact information for awards, eligibility requirements, an index by name, advice and information, and a bibliography of references and resources.

Beckham's Guide To Scholarships For Black And Minority Students: Over 1000 Private Money Sources For Black And Minority Students

Business & Money

Barry Beckham

Personal Finance

Reprint of the 1939 classic about the adventures of a black child on a farm in North Carolina.

Tobe: A Six-Year Old Farmer

Sharpe, Stella Gentry

Teen & Young Adult

A tough, street wise novel packed with an important message for young readers.... --Andrew Young, former Mayor, Atlanta, Georgia

Double Dunk: The Inspiring Story of a Harlem Basketball Legend

With increasing competition in the workforce, it seems like an opportunistic time to read a book about how to succeed. For local residents interested in career development, Yorktown’s own Matthew Cossolotto redefines failure and the secret to embracing success in his new book called HabitForce scheduled for release this fall. 
The 125-page book begins with personal vignettes about the author’s own negative experiences triggering him to define the behaviors that led him to a few professional failures. By doing this, he explores the character traits that hinder career development. He also examines and describes positive traits intended to replace old habits. "This is a subject that I know a lot about," says Cossolotto, jokingly referring to the topic of failure.

Habitforce! How to Kick the Habits of Failure and Adopt the Habits of Success

Self-Help

Cossolotto, Matthew

Success

Describes the deadlines, requirements, sponsor, amount, and contact address for hundreds of scholarships, and includes advice on applications

Black Student's Guide to Scholarships/1993-1994

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