The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central: High School Basketball at the '68 Racial Divide

Kevin Boyle

Arc of Justice

An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from around the globe to compete for manufacturing jobs, and tensions often flared with the KKK in ascendance and violence rising. Ossian Sweet, a proud Negro doctor-grandson of a slave-had made the long climb from the ghetto to a home of his own in a previously all-white neighborhood. Yet just after his arrival, a mob gathered outside his house; suddenly, shots rang out: Sweet, or one of his defenders, had accidentally killed one of the whites threatening their lives and homes. And so it began-a chain of events that brought America's greatest attorney, Clarence Darrow, into the fray and transformed Sweet into a controversial symbol of equality. Historian Kevin Boyle weaves the police investigation and courtroom drama of Sweet's murder trial into an unforgettable tapestry of narrative history that documents the volatile America of the 1920s and movingly re-creates the Sweet family's journey from slavery through the Great Migration to the ...

Natasha Munson

Spiritual Lessons for My Sisters: How to Get Over the Drama and Live Your Best Life!

Motivational speaker Natasha Munson offers techniques for taking action to change your financial, spiritual, and emotional life for the better. Searching for a life blessed with peace and happiness? Longing to move past old expectations and learn to live in the moment? Spiritual Lessons for My Sisters takes readers one step beyond the advice found in Munson's successful first book, Life Lessons for My Sisters , by reminding them not only of the basic truths of life ("Forgiving Is Power"; "This Too Shall Pass") but also showing them the path to a happier, more fulfilling life through spirituality. Munson offers strategies to help women remove themselves from the drama, issues, obstacles, negative people, bad environments, and fears that are holding them back from creating the life they have always wanted. From basic lessons like "Be Careful Who You Hang Around" and "Life Is About Timing," to more complex advice like "Leave a Legacy" and "Patience Is a Form of Faith," Spiritual Lessons for My Sisters is the perfect complement to Munson's Life Lessons and belongs on the shelves of African American women of all ages.

Bear Heart

The Wind is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman

With eloquent simplicity, Native American medicine man Bear Heart demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world. "As a child I was taught, 'Chebon, the way to attain the beauty in life is through harmony. Be in harmony with all things, but most important, be in harmony with yourself first. A lot will go on in your life, some good, some bad--people may argue and some will try to take control of your life--but that one word, harmony, will neutralize any problems and help your life to become beautiful.'"--from The Wind is My Mother "A compelling and important work...Bear Heart is a gifted storyteller--readers of all backgrounds will be inspired by his lessons of how to apply traditional Native American wisdom to maintain balance in today's world...Bear Heart's is a truthful, honest voice which has let us into his world, and our world is better for it." -- Body, Mind, Spirit