Makes Me Wanna Holler

2011-01-26 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Nathan McCall
Release : 2011-01-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 680/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Makes Me Wanna Holler written by Nathan McCall. This book was released on 2011-01-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • One of our most visceral and important memoirs on race in America, this is the story of Nathan McCall, who began life as a smart kid in a close, protective family in a black working-class neighborhood. Yet by the age of fifteen, McCall was packing a gun and embarking on a criminal career that five years later would land him in prison for armed robbery. In these pages, McCall chronicles his passage from the street to the prison yard—and, later, to the newsrooms of The Washington Post and ultimately to the faculty of Emory University. His story is at once devastating and inspiring, at once an indictment and an elegy. Makes Me Wanna Holler became an instant classic when it was first published in 1994 and it continues to bear witness to the great troubles—and the great hopes—of our nation. With a new afterword by the author

Them

2012-12-11 Fiction

Author : Nathan McCall
Release : 2012-12-11
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 377/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Them written by Nathan McCall. This book was released on 2012-12-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Auburn Avenue, downtown Atlanta, a person can get just about anything life has to offer. You can buy groceries, get your teeth fixed or cop a vial of crack cocaine; you can get a seven-dollar haircut, a good game of nine-ball and a partner for the night, all on the same block. But things are changing, for white people are moving into the historically black neighbourhood, threatening to price-out the local residents, and Barlowe Reed, a single, forty-something African American, is not happy at all. When Sean and Sandy Gilmore, a young white couple move in next door to his ramshackle rented home, Barlowe and Sandy develop a reluctant friendship as they hold frustrating conversations over the backyard fence. But fear and suspicion build all around them as more and more white people move in, changing the face of the neighbourhood. House by house, street by street, battle lines are drawn; it's only a matter of time before someone gets really hurt.

All About the Dollar...makes Me Want to Holler...

2020-06-25

Author : Jerome Alban Kirkland, Sr
Release : 2020-06-25
Genre :
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Book Rating : 598/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book All About the Dollar...makes Me Want to Holler... written by Jerome Alban Kirkland, Sr. This book was released on 2020-06-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to raise the level of awareness as is it relates to the topics of financial literacy and financial discipline. The recent Pandemic relating to the Covid19 virus, has opened the eyes of most Americans and especially business owners in a way never before imagined. In estimated 50% or more of business owners were unprepared to survive more than 30 days with no business income as a result of restrictions imposed by the U.S. government. Millions of Americans found themselves without employment due to restrictions which allowed only "essential workers" to report to work. It is the authors opinion that a spiritual revival relating to effective personal money management is needed in the United States of America. This opinion is based on many factors and research studies that prove that the average American is not savvy when it comes to saving and investing after-tax take-home income. As we take a closer look at the subject of financial literacy, a research study in 2016 discovered that nearly two thirds of Americans polled by a five questions survey relating to basic financial issues, could not comprehend nor give a correct answer to the questions. (one of the five questions asked the participants to calculate compounded interest over a twelve-month period). No one or group is exempt from poor financial management, however the two groups that suffer the most are the poor and elderly. A 2018 Census Bureau report revealed that an estimated 38.1 million Americans were living below the poverty level. Of this group, nearly 25 million Americans were of age 60 or older. It is not until you reach the age of retirement that you fully understand that the temporary satisfaction you received from spending 100% or more of your weekly income does not come close to the pain and depression of living your last days in poverty. The book gives an overview of the understanding of money and spending habits and culminates in the last chapter with the intr

Mercy, Mercy Me

2008-08-01 Music

Author : Michael Eric Dyson
Release : 2008-08-01
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 479/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Mercy, Mercy Me written by Michael Eric Dyson. This book was released on 2008-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years after his murder at the hands of his own father, Marvin Gaye continues to define the hopes and shattered dreams of the Motown generation. A performer whose career spanned the history of rhythm and blues, from doo-wop to the sultriest of soul music, Gaye's artistry magnified the contradictions that defined America's coming of age in the tumultuous 1970s. In his most searching and ambitious work to date, acclaimed critic Michael Eric Dyson illuminates both Marvin Gaye's stellar achievements and stunning personal decline -- and offers an unparalleled assessment of the cultural and political legacy of R&B on American culture. Through interviews with those close to Gaye -- from his musical beginnings in a black church in Washington, D.C., to his days as a "ladies' man" in Motown's stable of young singers, from the artistic heights of the landmark album What's Going On? to his struggles with addiction and domestic violence -- Dyson draws an indelible portrait of the tensions that shaped contemporary urban America: economic adversity, the drug industry, racism, and the long legacy of hardship. Published to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of Gaye's death in 1984, and infused with the soulful prose that has become Michael Eric Dyson's trademark, Mercy, Mercy Me is at once a celebration of an American icon whose work continues to inspire, and a revelatory and incisive look at how a lost generation's moods, music, and moral vision continue to resonate today.

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