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The last generation of Americans with a living memory of Jim Crow will soon disappear. They leave behind a collective memory of segregation shaped increasingly by its horrors and heroic defeat, but not a nuanced understanding of everyday life in Jim Crow America. In The South, Adolph L. Reed Jr.—New Orleanian, political scientist, and according to Cornel West, "the greatest democratic theorist of his generation"—takes up the urgent task of recounting the granular realities of life in the last decades of the Jim Crow South.

The ultimate guide to help Black families navigate the college admissions process. Finding the right college is a challenge for all students. But Black families face additional challenges and questions while navigating the admissions process. In The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions, veteran admissions experts Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown share provocative insights and demystify this complex process to answer important questions from where to apply to how to get in.  

Hi! Welcome to Extreme Accountability! What is extreme accountability? - Its Holding yourself truly Accountable and to never give up or give in until you have achieved or reached your desired results! Its integrity within, Doing what you said you were going to do internally! Why is this important? - It's one thing to say you're going to do something, and its another to actually do what you say you're going to do! - This is a must to have in your life, to remain accountable at all costs, even in the low times, extreme accountability will prevail! - This is missing in your life because most of ...

Everyone has a story. Stories help us understand each other, bring hope, grow kindness, and remind us we have a purpose. This podcast is here to encourage you through the power of story, highlighting the idea that sharing our stories can make us stronger and help us find hope. The Bible’s story gives deep inspiration, clear guidance, comfort, and meaning. Through her own story and the stories of others, L.A. Field explores the truth of the Bible, prophecy, and the supernatural, offering a new way to look at life.

The story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman's most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants: Edda L. Fields-Black shows how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. On June 2, 1863, Tubman and her crew piloted two regiments of Black US Army soldiers, the Second South Carolina Volunteers, and their white commanders up coastal South Carolina's Combahee River in three gunboats.