African-American Stories of Triumph Over Adversity

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African-American Stories of Triumph Over Adversity Joy Cometh in the Morning

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By Geraldine Coleman

Foreword by Phyllis Cunningham

ISBN: 0-89789-505-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-505-7

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208 pages

Bergin & Garvey

Publication: 10/30/1996

List Price: $105.00 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Endorsement From
Steven Whitehurst
Author, Words From An Unchained Mind: In addition to being a treasure of sociological and educational research, [this book] is a treasury of the human spirit! This work provides a blueprint which members of our society can look to for approaches in raising themselves up above obstructive circumstances....African-American Stories of Triumph Over Adversity is a book for humanity!
Endorsement From
Eulaletta Johnson-Pickett, Ed.D.
Director, Student Support Services, South Suburban College: This collection of oral histories, in someway, may give insight to 'what is the difference that makes the difference' in life's failures and successes. These thought provoking stories will cause the reader to ponder the fact that all caterpillars do not become butterflies, but all butterflies must progress through the stage of a caterpillar, and so it is with life and its inherent adversities.
Endorsement From LaVerne Gyant, Ed.D.
Assistant Director for Black Studies
Northern Illinois University: Following the footsteps of African American writers like Dorothy West, Richard Wright, and Alice Walker, Geraldine Coleman has continued to tell the story of how African American men and women's lives are shaped. She has combined elements of oral history and social science to give us a modern narrative about African Americans who were seen as invisible to society. Yet their inner faith made it possible for them to "triumph over adversity."

Description: African-American Stories of Triumph Over Adversity is about ordinary people, born into poverty, violence and abuse, who have forged a path through the dense forest of life. Along the way, they learned to build upon their experiences to create a better way of life for themselves. Their voices are at once personal and political for they speak about the impact of the experience of family, school and community on their emerging self, as well as the psycho-social turmoil created living in a society where the color of one's skin defines one's place in the social order. These are stories of triumph of the human spirit. They are stories of faith, hope, love, strong-will and determination. As one storyteller found, if a person can take the worst thing that could happen to them in life and see that as an event and not their entire life, success will always be on the horizon.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Part I
Introduction
Long Journey Home: Kangi's Story
Still on High Ground: Joyce's Story
The Truth Shall Set You Free: Steve's Story
A Place to Call Home: Juanita's Story
The Silent Roar of the Lion: Gregory's Story
No Restrictions, No Convictions: Carole's Story
Refuge from the Storm: Edward's Story
Recurring Themes
On Solid Ground I Stand: Family Roots
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: Support Systems
Light a Candle and Curse the Darkness: Resistance
Faith Can Move Mountains: Spirituality
Summary, Conclusions and Implications
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 96-906

LCC Class: E185

Dewey Class: 973


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