Liberian Literary Magazine Promoting Liberian literature , Arts and Culture
Renaissance , and then from World War II to the Civil Rights Movement , this ambitious , brilliant family witnessed and participated in the most crucial events of the 19th and 20th centuries . Combining personal and national history , The Black Calhouns is a unique and vibrant portrait of six generations during dynamic times of struggle and triumph .
continues to offer crucial lessons for today ’ s world . This vital primer amply fulfills Branch ’ s dedication : “ For students of freedom and teachers of history .”
A Taste for Brown Sugar : Black Women in Pornography
By Mireille Miller-Young
an improvised line — as small acts of resistance , of what she calls " illicit eroticism ." Building on the work of other black feminist theorists , and contributing to the field of sex work studies , she seeks to expand discussion of black women ' s sexuality to include their eroticism and desires , as well as their participation and representation in the adult entertainment industry . Miller-Young wants the voices of black women sex workers heard , and the decisions they make , albeit often within material and industrial constraints , recognized as their own .
The King Years : Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement – by Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch , author of the Pulitzer Prize – winning America in the King Years trilogy , presents selections from his monumental work that recount the essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement . A masterpiece of storytelling on race and democracy , violence and nonviolence , The King Years delivers riveting tales of everyday heroes whose stories inspire us still . Here is the full sweep of an era that transformed America and
A Taste for Brown Sugar boldly takes on representations of black women ' s sexuality in the porn industry . It is based on Mireille Miller-Young ' s extensive archival research and her interviews with dozens of women who have worked in the adult entertainment industry since the 1980s . The women share their thoughts about desire and eroticism , black women ' s sexuality and representation , and ambition and the need to make ends meet . Miller- Young documents their interventions into the complicated history of black women ' s sexuality , looking at individual choices , however small — a costume , a gesture ,
The Black Body in Ecstasy : Reading Race , Reading Pornography ( Next Wave : New Directions in Women ' s Studies by Jennifer Christine Nash
In The Black Body in Ecstasy , Jennifer C . Nash rewrites black feminism ' s theory of representation . Her analysis moves beyond black feminism ' s preoccupation with injury and recovery to consider how racial fictions
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