You know, Malcolm said it best. We've been hoodwinked, we've been had, we have been taken to the cleaners.
A good friend of mine at church always makes fun of the ``L-G-B-T-Q'' phenomenon. We are a very Gay-Friendly church, so it is NOT at all that we don't like our Black Gay community.
``a fact or event of scientific interest susceptible to scientific description and explanation'' this is the definition of ``phenomenon'' from the Merriam Webster Dictionary on line.
The phenomenon L-G-B-T-Q { Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans-gendered, Queer } is always written in terms of an abbreviation such as I have done so here. This shortens our importance, shortens our room and space in the ENGLISH language, shortens who we are and takes us down a peg or two in the marketplace of ideas as presented in the media, in history books, in text books, and in our Way of thinking. I think and feel we need to, as people whose walk some say on a different path in life, I feel we need to tell the world who we are in broad terms and say the terminology correctly and just say - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans-gendered and Queer as it is and not use the abbreviations. We deserve the space and we deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and grace. We must also treat ourselves as such as well. Some of our behaviors are outright silly and the over sexualization of our community is not something we have to all embrace and accept as Gay People. When diseases are spread as a result of this over sexualization, it calls into question the legality and legitimacy of our behaviors for health reasons. Certainly so-called straight people of all races are not immune to over-sexualization judging from media, news reports, and statistics from both rural areas, the Royal Family, and inner cities. The commercialization of ``swinging off the chandeliers'' in such movies as ``Animal House,'' and some of the films about Las Vegas. Comedies about sexual promiscuity is a subject often explored with mirth and merriment. It started with ``Portnoy's Complaint'' in 1972 and has run a steady river of films ever since.
I have been working to bring more decency to adult Gay Black male films. There are several investors who want to work with me, but have been stymied in their attempts to reach me and make good on bringing my ideas into the main stream. Simply put, I want to make films for Black GAY men that omit spitting, hitting, any type of violence, omit sharing of body fluids, rimming, CURSING, AND INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL ABOUT SEXUALITY THAT IS BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL AND HELPFUL FOR GAY BLACK COUPLES WANTING TO ENGAGE IN SEX THAT THEY FEEL IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY WILL FEEL WANTS AND TO HELP US UNDERSTAND AS MORE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. You would think it wasn't such a big deal. It will require changing the movie rating system to make more sense and helping people become more open-minded towards a new and different film gerund.
If you work in the film industry, I need your help in creating this new gerund OF FILM. I know some directors, but guess what. As a Black man, I know few people who have the cash and connections to create this film gerund, which, by the WAY, will help many people become less focused on sexual behaviors that are risky and unsafe. It will actually help our BLACK culture tune down the sex-bonker mentality that has recently resulted in so many men especially coming up on charges of crossing the line with women { or men } because the entire film industry will be positively impacted by the offer of such films as an option, not required as the only FILM gerund for everyone, but an option for people who want to slow things down a bit.
I want you to call me when you have some information that will be useful for me in this QUEST! It is a QUEST to bring out our true nature of decency and not accept the MEDIA hype. You can reach me at 1 215 823 9985. My name is Mr. Tracy Gibson. I look forward to hearing from you very soon.
** Here are some good things to at least think about while you go through your day. You DO NOT have to follow my directions as if I stand on a mountain with marble tablets like on television. I am asking you to read here and do what you feel is best. I will also put my book list here for you to read some books that will help you. I have only read about 40 of them. I am NOT expecting you to read all of them. One or two will - just the titles - will call you and tell you they want to be read. First some good ideas to follow:
***** Stop Short-changing US as Black people.
***** Don't respond to the ridiculous.
***** Don't get angry.
***** Don't accept poverty.
***** Don't mistreat anyone, especially children. { Children are MY BOSSES! }
***** Don't allow others to define you, define yourself.
*****Don't be hateful towards others.
***** Don't be fearful of doing the research necessary to Prove your theories.
***** Don't be disrespectful of your Parents, Grand Parents and BLACK ancestors.
{What you don't want to reinvent about your ancestors, you can forgive and start a new relationship with them, even if they are deceased. }
***** Don't live in an environment that is not pleasing to YOU.
***** Always LOVe yourself and GOD!
Offered humbly, from Tracy Gibson - Almighty GOD on 3535.57
June 1, 2019 Saturday. ( Updated and corrected on July 26th, 2019 Friday )
Please read the ``BOUNTY OF BOOKS '' book list below for more clarity, understanding, knowledge and humbleness in life.
*****
Golden Bounty of Books: To Heal the Soul, To Encourage & Seed Wisdom, To Guide & Sooth The Spirit & To Give Honor to Humanity.
This book list is offered by Author-Writer-Journalist Brother Tracy Gibson and was compiled with the help of many people including librarians, book store clerks, friends, relatives and associates. It is offered especially to the Black community with love & respect, but to others who would listen as well.
``Trust,’’ by IYANLA Vanzant. (highly recommended, I’m reading it now).
1) ``Anger Is What I Do Best: The Journal of a Black Gay Man in America,’’ By Roger T. Ward.
2) ``Freeing the Free World--The Re-Awakening of the African Diaspora Volume I (2001) and Volume II, 2009-2011,’’ By Journalist Brother Tracy Gibson.
3) Sister Sonia Sanchez’s, ``Home Girls & Hand Grenades.’’
4) Professor Michael Tillotson’s (The University of Houston) New Book ``Invisible Jim Crow: Contemporary Ideological Threats to the Internal Security of African Americans,’’ due out in June of 2010.
5) ``Dispatches from the Ebony Tower,’’ by Manning Marable.
6) ``Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation,’’ By Professor Molefi Kete Asante,
7) ``Just Above My Head,’’ a novel by James Baldwin,
8) ``The Fire Next Time,’’ non-fiction essays by James Baldwin.
9) ``How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,’’ excellent non-fiction by Walter Rodney.
10) ``Angela Davis: An Autobiography’’ by Angela Davis’’.
11) ``Revolutionary Suicide,’’ by Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton.
12) ``Assata: An Autobiography’’ by Assata Shakur & Angela Davis.
13) ``Man Child in the Promised Land,’’ By Claude Brown.
14)``Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent.’’ By Eduardo Galeano.
15)``Egypt Vs. Greece & The American Academy’’ by Professor Molefi Kete Asante.
16)``African Culture the Rhythms of Unity’’ By Professor Molefi Kete Asante, Kariamu Welsh Asante & Kariamy Asaste-Welsh
17)``The Global Intercultural Communication Reader.’’ By Professor Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, & Jing Yin.
18)``Afrocentric Idea Revisited.’’ By Professor Molefi Kete Asante.
19)``It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post Hip-Hop Generation’’ by M.K. Asante, Jr.
20) ``Afrotopia: The Roots of African American Popular History’’ by Wilson Jeremiah Moses.
21) Tony Brown’s ``What Mama Taught Me.’’
22) Randall Robinson’s ``An Unbroken Agony: Haiti From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President.’’
23) ``Black Looks,’’ By bell hooks.
24) ``African America’s 3rd Rail: SGL’’ by Max Smith.
25) ``Sugar Blues,’’ By William F. Duffy.
26) ``The Assassination of Fred Hampton; How the FBI & The Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther,’’ By Jeffrey Haas.
27) ``The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival in America,’’ By Samuel F. Yette…
28) ``The Debt: What America Owes Blacks,’’ By Randall Robinson…
29) ``The Reckoning’’ by Randall Robinson…
30) ``Quitting America,’’ By Randall Robinson…
31) ``Defending the Spirit: A Black Life In America,’’ By Randall Robinson…
32) ``Have They Decided to Kill Us Yet: Global Black Labor Obsolescence & Manufactured Black Genocide,’’ by Joseph R. Gibson…
33) ``Come Back Charleston Blue,’’ A Novel By Chester Himes.
34) ``In Search of Pretty Young Black Men,’’ a novel by Stanley Bennett Clay.
35) ``Get Healthy Now! With Gary Null: A Complete Guide to Prevention, Treatment, and Healthy Living.’’ By Gary Null.
36) ``Gary Null’s Ultimate Lifetime Diet: A Revolutionary All-Natural Program
for Losing Weight & Building a Healthy Body,’’ By Gary Null.
37) There are several other books by Gary Null that will be beneficial to you. (You can look them up at
www.Amazon.com)
38) ``The Alcoholism & Addiction Cure’’ by Chris Prentiss.
39) ``Nelson Mandela’s Mandela’s Way Fifteen Lessons of Life,
Love & Courage.’’ With Richard Stengle.
40) ``Fierce Angels: The Strong Black Woman in American Life& Culture’’ By
Sheri Parks.
41) Howard Zinn’s ``A Progressive History of the United States.’’
42) ``The Huey P. Newton Reader,’’ Edited by David Hilliard and Donald Weise.
43) ``Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal,’’ By Danny Schechter.
44) ``Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressings Needs,’’ By Muhammad Yunus & Ray Porter.
45) ``Betrayal of Trust,’’ by Leslie Esdaile Banks.
46) ``Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business& the Future of Capitalism,’’ by Muhammad Yunus.
47) ``Black Power,’’ by Amos Wilson.
48) ``Yurugu’’ by Mariamba Ani
49) ``Something Torn, Something New,’’ by Nogoi
50) ``2000 Seasons,’’ By Ayi Kwe Armah.
51) ``Khmet,’’ by Ayi Kwe Armah. ***(Include Publisher)
52) ``The Adinkra Dictionary,’’ by W. Bruce Willis.
53) ``BLACK A Celebration of Culture,’’ by Deborah Willis.
54) ``The West & The Rest of US,’’ By Chinweizu.
55) ``The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: 1440 - 1870,’’ By Hugh Thomas.
56) ``The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America,’’ By Jonathan Kozol.
57) ``European Christianity & The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Black Hermeneutical Study,’’ By Robinson A, Milwood.
58) ``The West & The Rest of US: White Predators, Black Slavers & The African Elite,’’ By Chinweizu.
59) ``Black: A Celebration of a Culture,’’ By Deborah Willis.
60) ``Two Thousand Seasons,’’ By Ayi Kwei Armah.
61) ``Tutankhamen & the Daughter of Ra,’’ By Moyra Caldecott.
62) ``The Adinkra Dictionary: A Visual Primer on the Language of Adinkra,’’ By W. Bruce Willis.
63) ``Something Torn & New: An African Renaissance,’’ By Nhugi Wa Thingo.
64) ``Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought & Behavior,’’ By Marimba Ani.
65) ``Blueprint for Black Power: A Moral, Political, & Economic Imperative for the Twenty-First Century,’’ By Amos N. Wilson…
66) ``Khmet’’ by Ayi Kwe Armah.
67) ``Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World.’’ By Jonathan Tisch, Karl Weber & Mayor Cory Booker.
68) ``Black Women’s Lives: Stories of Pain & Power’’ By Kristal Brent Zook.
69) ``Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Black Women,’’ by Iyanla VanZant.
70) Look up or Google ``Manning Marable’’ to discover for yourself the many great books by this Great Black writer, thinker, visionary & author.
71) ``Black Pearls: Daily Meditations, Affirmations & Inspirations for African Americans,’’ by Eric V. Copage.
72) ``How to Write a Book Proposal,’’ By Michael Larsen.
73) ``Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul’s Potential,’’ By Michael Bernard Beckwith.
74) ``Debt Cures, They Don’t Want You to Know About,’’ By Kevin Trudeau.
75) ``How Successful People Win: Using `Bunkhouse Logic’ to Get What You Want In Life,’’ by Ben Stein.
76) ``Advertising Profits from Home: Simple Money Making Strategies You Can Use Right from Your Home,’’ By Anthony Morrison.
77) ``My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou,’’ by Kadiatou Diallo & Craig Wolff.
78) ``Organize Yourself, New & Revised Edition,’’ By Ronni Eisenberg with Kate Kelly.
79) ``More Dirty Little Secrets About Black History, It’s Heroes & Other Troublemakers, Volume II,’’ Claud Anderson.
80) ``From Holy Power to Holy Profits: The Black Church & Community Economic Empowerment,’’ By Walter Malone, Jr.
81) ``Black Africa: The Economic & Cultural Basis for a Federated State,’’ By Cheikh Anta Diop.
82)``From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., & The Struggle for Economic Justice (Politics & Culture in Modern America)’’ by Thomas F. Jackson.
83) ``Black Capitalism: Strategy for Business in the Ghetto,’’ by Theodore L. Cross.
84) ``The 85 % Niche: The Power of Women of All Colors—Latin, Black & Asian’’ By Miriam Muley.
85) ``Black Labor, White Wealth: The Search for Power & Economic Justice,’’ By Claud Anderson.
86) PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America,’’ By Claud Anderson.
87) ``Black Power Inc.: The New Voice of Success,’’ by Cora Daniels.
88)``Black Business & Economic Power (Rochester Studies in African History & The Diaspora)’’ By Toyin Falola & Alusine Jalloh.
89) ``Understanding the Impact & Power of Social Networking,’’ By Ben Black.
90) ``Virtually Free Marketing: Harnessing the Power of the Web for Your Small Business,’’ By Philip R. Holden.
91) ``Dirty Little Secrets About Black History: Its Heroes& Other Troublemakers,’’ By Claud Anderson, Joann Anderson, Florence Jekins & Robert Coleman.
92) ``Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,’’ By Former President Jimmy Carter.
93) ``Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis.’’ By Former President Jimmy Carter.
94) ``The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution & Build an Imperial Presidency,’’ By Ken Blackwell & Ken Klukowski.
95) ``Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader,’’ By Warren Bennis & Joan Goldsmith.
96) ``The Obamas in the White House: Reflections on Family, Faith & Leadership,’’ By the Editors of Essence Magazine.
97) ``Words on a Journey: The Great Speeches of Barack Obama—Special Inauguration Edition,’’ by Barack Obama.
98) ``Michelle Obama: An American Story,’’ By David Colbert.
99) ``The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook: 125 Easy & Delicious Recipes to Jump-Start Weight Loss & Help You Feel Great,’’ By Dr. Neal D. Barnard & Robyn Webb.
100) ``Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups can Save Your Life,’’ By Dr. Neal D. Barnard.
101) ``Foods that Cause You to Lose Weight: The Negative Calorie Effect,’’ By Dr. Neal D. Barnard.
102) ``Breaking the Food Seduction: The Hidden Reasons Behind Food Cravings—And 7 Steps to End Them Naturally,’’ By Dr. Neal D. Barnard.
103) ``Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs,’’ by Dr. Neal D. Barnard.
104) ``Books to build a strong Black foundation: A List’’ By Jason A. Martin.
105) ``From the Back of the Bus,’’ By Dick Gregory.
106) ``Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin’ with Mother Nature,’’ By Dick Gregory.
107) ``No More Lies,’’ By Dick Gregory.
108) ``Callus on My Soul: A Memoir’’ By Dick Gregory & Shelia Moses.
109) ``Nigger: An Autobiography.’’ By Dick Gregory & Robert Lipsyte.
110) ``Blood In My Eye,’’ By George L. Jackson.
111) ``The Green Collar Economy,’’ By Van Jones.
112) ``Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race & Inheritance,’’ By Barack Obama.
113) ``The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream,’’ By Barack Obama.
114) ``Say It Like Obama: The Power of Speaking with Purpose& Vision,’’ By Shel Leanne & Shelly Leanne.
115) ``Barack Obama: We Are One People,’’ By Michael Schuman.
116) ``Another Country,’’ By James Baldwin.
117) ``Collected Essays,’’ By James Baldwin.
118) ``Giovanni’s Room,’’ By James Baldwin.
119) ``Go Tell It on the Mountain,’’ By James Baldwin.
120) ``Going to Meet the Man,’’ By James Baldwin.
121) ``Notes of a Native Son,’’ By James Baldwin.
122) ``Nobody Knows My Name,’’ By James Baldwin.
123) ``If Beale Street Could Talk,’’ By James Baldwin.
124) ``In My Father’s House,’’ By E. Lynn Harris.
125) ``Basketball Jones,’’ By E. Lynn Harris.
126) ``And This Too Shall Pass,’’ By E. Lynn Harris.
127) ``Abide With Me,’’ By E. Lynn Harris.
128) ``I Say a Little Prayer,’’ By E. Lynn Harris.
129) ``Invisible Life,’’ By E. Lynn Harris.
130) ``If This World Were Mine,’’ By E. Lynn Harris.
131) ``What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,’’ By E. Lynn Harris.
132) There are Other Books by E. Lynn Harris that you might want to check out. You can Google
www.Amazon.com and look under his name for a more complete list.
133) ``Looker,’’ By Stanley Bennett Clay.
134) ``Visible Life: Three Stories in Tribute To E. Lynn Harris,’’ By Stanley Bennett Clay, Terrance Dean & James Earl Hardy.
135) ``Diva,’’ By Stanley Bennett Clay.
136) ``Black Betty’’ (Easy Rawlins Mysteries by Walter Mosley & Stanley Bennett Clay. (Audio Book.)
137) ``A Red Death,’’ By Walter Mosley & Stanley Bennett Clay (Audio Book.)
138) ``A House Is Not a Home,’’ by James Earl Hardy.
139) ``Love the One You’re With,’’ By James Earl Hardy.
140) ``If Only for One Nite,’’ By James Earl hardy.
141) ``B-Boy Blues,’’ By James Earl Hardy.
142) ``B-Boy Blues Second Time Around,’’ By James Earl Hardy.
143) ``The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: the Poetry of Jill Scott,’’ By Jill Scott.
144) ``Shake Loose My Skin: New & Selected Poems’’ By Sonia Sanchez.
145) ``Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems & Lyrics,’’ By Alicia Keys.
146) ``Morning Haiku,’’ By Sonya Sanchez.
147) ``Conversations with Sonia Sanchez,’’ By Sonia Sanchez.
148) ``Like the Singing Coming Off the Drums,’’ By Sonya Sanchez.
149) ``Wounded in the House of a Friend,’’ By Sonia Sanchez.
150) ``Sister Outsider: Essays & Speeches,’’ by Audre Lorde.
151) ``Race Matters,’’ By Cornel West.
152) ``Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys,’’ (Vol. 1, Vol. 1-4 & Vol. 3), By Jawanza Junjufu.
153) ``The Destruction of Black Civilization,’’ By Chancellor Williams.
154) ``The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality,’’ By Cheikh Anta Diop & Mercer Cook.
155) ``Radio Golf,’’ By August Wilson.
156) ``The Piano Lesson,’’ by August Wilson.
157) ``Blonde Faith,’’ By Walter Mosley.
158) ``Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories,’’ By Walter Mosley.
159) ``Blues for Mr. Charlie,’’ & ``The Evidence of Things Not seen,’’ Both by Mr. James Baldwin.
160) ``Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness,’’ By Dave Ramsey.
161) ``Roots,’’ By Alex Haley.
162) ``Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money – That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not,’’ By Robert T. Kiyosaki & Sharon L. Lechter.
163) ``Healthy for Life: Developing Healthy Lifestyles That Have A Side Effect of Permanent Fat Loss,’’ By Dr. Ray D. Strand & Donna Wallace.
164) ``What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You,’’ By Dr. Ray D. Strand.
165) ``The History of Incarceration (Incarceration Issues: Punishment, Reform & Rehabilitation,’’ By Roger Smith.
166) ``Too Good to Be True: The Rise & Fall of Bernie Madoff,’’ By Erin Arvedlund.
167) ``The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition,’’ By David Meerman Scott.
168) ``How To Get Into the Top MBA Programs, 4th Edition,’’ By Richard Montauk.
169) ``How To Get Into the Top Law Schools, 4th Edition,’’ By Richard Montauk.
170) ``Web 2.0 Architectures: What Entrepreneurs & Information Architects Need to Know,’’ By James Governor, Dion Hinchcliffe& Duane Nickull.
171) ``Selling to Big Companies,’’ By Jill Konrath.
172) ``Think & Grow Rich: A Black Choice,’’ By Dennis Kimbro & Napoleon Hill.
173) ``The Law of Recognition (The Laws of Life Series),’’ By Mike Murdock.
174) ``The 3 Most Important Things In Your Life,’’ By Mike Murdock.
175) Please look up Mike Murdock under
www.amazon.com to discover for yourself the many other important books by this preacher/author/truth-teller.
176) ``It’s Your Time: Activate Your Faith, Achieve Your Dreams, and Increase in God’s Favor,’’ By Joel Osteen.
177) ``Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day,’’ By Joel Osteen.
178) Please look up Joel Osteen and his wife on
www.amazon.com and discover for yourself the many books, DVD’s and CD’s he has available that are life- enriching and helpful for traveling through the many trials and difficult processes in life.
179) The Magnificent & Sexy LeBron James is Featured in ``The Franchise: LeBron James & The Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers,’’ By Brian Windhorst & Terry Pluto.
180) ``Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion& Purpose,’’ By Tony Hsieh.
181) Books are available by, for & about the Honorable Elijah Muhammad by writing the Coalition for the Remembrance of Elijah Muhammad (CROE) at 2435 West 71st Street (CROE Lane), Chicago, Illinois 60629. Or you may call them at 1.773.925.1600. FAX # : 1.773.925.9013.
182) ``Starting Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You are to Where You Want to Be,’’ By Chris Gardner & Mim E. Rivas
183) ``Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision & Reality,’’ By Scott Belsky.
184) ``Why He Hates You: How Unreconciled Maternal Anger is Destroying Black Men and Boys (Volume 1) by Janks Morton.
185) ``Anger Strategies: Practical tools for Professionals Treating Anger,’’ By Claudia Black.
186) ``Brothers on the Mend: Understanding and Healing Anger for African – American Men & Women,’’ By Ernest H. Johnson.
187) ``Black Anger,’’ By Wulf Sachs.
188) ``Going Off: A Black Woman’s Guide for Dealing with Anger & Stress,’’ by Faye Childs & Noreen Palmer.
189) ``The ABC’s of Liberating Black Anger,’’ By Lama Choyin Rangdrol
190) ``Sex Therapy: A Women’s Guide to Understanding Why Men Cheat,’’ By Kole Black.
191) ``The Artistry of Anger: Black & White Women’s Literature in Aerica, 1820 – 1860,’’ By Linda M. Grasso.
192) ``The Passing Summer: A South African’s Response to White Fear, Black Anger & the Politics of Love,’’ By Michael Cassidy & John Perkins.
193) ``Claiming Earth: Race, Rage, Rape, Redemption: Blacks Seeking a Culture of Enlightened Empowerment,’’ By Haki R. Madhubuti.
194) ``Black Rage,’’ By William H. Grier & Price M. Cobbs.
195) ``Black Rage in New Orleans: Police Brutality & African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina’’ by Leonard N. Moore.
196) ``Black Rage Confronts the Law (Critical America Series),’’ By Paul Harris.
197) ``From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson & America Today,’’ By Jesse Lee Peterson, Dennis Prager, & Brad Stetson.
198) ``From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black & Hispanic Students,’’ By Crystal Kuykendall.
199) ``Black Rage in the American Prison System (Criminal Justice Recent Scholarship),’’ By Rosevelt Noble.
200) ``When Anger Hurts Your Kids: A Paren’t Guide,’’ By Matthew McKay, Ph.D., Kim Paleg, Ph.D., Patrick Fanning & Dana Landis.
201) ``How to Effectively Control Your Anger—Learn How You Control Your Anger That Keeps You Just a Hair Strand Away from Danger,’’ By Wings of Success & Manuel Ortiz Braschi.
202) ``Letting Go of Anger: The Eleven Most Common Anger Styles & What to Do About Them,’’ By Robert T. Potter-Efron & Patricia S. Potter-Efron.
203) ``The Anger Trap: Free Yourself from the Frustrations that Sabotage Your Life,’’ By Les Carter & Frank Minirth.
204) ``Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames,’’ By Thich Nhat Hanh.
205) ``Your Step By Step Guide to Anger Management,’’ By D. Huffman.
206) ``Working for You Isn’t Working for Me: The Ultimate Guide to Managing Your Boss,’’ By Katherine Crowley & Kathi Elster.
207) ``Working With You is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work,’’ By Katherine Crowley & Kathi Elster.
208) ``Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam,’’ By Akbar S. Ahmen.
209) ``Toxic Talk: How the Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves,’’ By Bill Press.
210) ``Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck & The Triumph of Ignorance,’’ By Alexander Zaitchik.
211) ``My Father’s Faith: Essays for the 20th & 21st Century and Beyond,’’ By John E. Bush.
212) Lonnie Elder the 3rd’s Award Winning play ``Ceremonies in Dark Old Men.’’
213) ``Death At an Early Age,’’ By Jonathan Kozol & Robert Coles.
214) ``All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan,’’ By Elizabeth Warren & Amelia Warren Tyagi.
215) ``For Colored Girls Who Have,’’ By Ntozake Shange.
216) ``Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical & Financial Destiny,’’ By Anthony Robbins.
217) ``The Deming Management Method,’’ By Mary Walton & W. Edwards Deming.
218) ``Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality,’’ By Rafael Aguayo.
219) Check out other motivational and inspirational books, CD’s and DVD’s by Writer, Speaker & Successful Businessman Anthony Robbins at
www.Amazon.com. You will be glad you did.
220) ``Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression,’’ By Dr. James S. Gordon.
221) ``The Law of Success: The Master Wealth Builder’s Complete & Original Lesson Plan for Achieving Your Dreams,’’ By Napoleon Hill.
222) ``Chicken Soup for the Soul,’’ by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen.
223) ``How to Love Me: The Lover’s Book of Questions,’’ By Ali Davis.
224) ``Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief,’’ By Martha Whitmore Hickman.
225) ``Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love & 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture,’’ By Thomas Chatterton Williams.
226) ``The Cornel West Reader,’’ By Brother Cornel West.
227) ``Suze Orman’s Action Plan: New Rules for New Times,’’ By Suze Orman.
228) ``The Little Black Book of management: Essential Tools for Getting Results NOW,’’ By Suzanne Turner.
229) ``Oil: Money, Politics, & Power in the 21st Century,’’ By Tom Bower.
230) ``The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women,’’ By Elaine Meryl Brown, Marsha Haygood, Rhonda Joy McLean& Angela Burt-Murray.
231) ``Suze Orman’s The Road to Wealth’’ By Suze Orman (Revised Edition.)
232) ``Rule # 1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week!!,’’ By Phil Town.
233) ``Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African & African American Experience, The Concise Desk Reference,’’ By Kwame Anthony Appiah & Henry Louis Gates.
234) ``Hopes & Prospects,’’ By Noam Chomsky.
235) ``If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service & 100 + Ways You Can Too,’’ By Malaak Compton-Rock.
236) ``The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance,’’ By Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes & Catherine McCarthy, Ph.D.
237) ``Counseling Troubled Youth: (Counseling & Pastoral Theology)’’ By Robert C. Dykstra.
238) (Please don’t forget to Google ``Books on Troubled Youth’’ & ``Books on At-Risk Youth’’ on
www.Amazon.com [under books, DVD’s and CD’s] if you are dealing with a teen or a young person who you have given up on or are struggling with.)
239) ``Hear My Story: Understanding the Cries of Troubled Youth,’’ By Dean Borgman.
240) ``All-Time Favorite Lessons (Break through Strategies to Teach & Counsel Troubled Youth Series)’’ By Ruth Herman Wells.
241) ``Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth,’’ By Liana Lowenstein & MSW.
242) ``At Risk Youth: A Comprehensive Response for Counselors, Teachers, Psychologist, and Human Services Professionals,’’ By J. Jeffries McWhirter, Benedict T. McWhirter, Ellen Hawley McWhirter & Robert J. McWhirter.
243) ``Resiliency In Action: Practical Ideas for Overcoming Risks & Building Strengths in Youth, Families & Communities,’’ By Nan Henderson, Editor, with Bonnie Benard, Nancy Sharp-Light & Paula Pugh.
244) ``Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future,’’ By Larry K. Brendtro, Martin Brokenleg, & Steve Van Bockern.
245) ``At-Risk Youth: Theory, Practice, Reform (Source Books on Education)’’ By Robert F. Kronick.
246) ``No Name in the Street,’’ By James Baldwin.
247) ``The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, The Lincoln Memorial, & the Concert that Awakened America,’’ By Raymond Arsenault.
248) ``The Economics of Forced Labor: The Soviet Gulag,’’ By Paul R. Gregory, Valery V. Lazarev& Robert Conquest.
249) ``Coming Alive: From Nine to Five in a 24/7 Century,’’ By Robert Michelozzi, Betty Michelozzi. Linda Surrell, & Robert Cobez.
250) The gentleman I’m going to mention here has sold over 65 Million books. His name is Pastor Max Lucado. I suggest you look under
www.Amazon.com for some of his winning and telling books about getting involved in helping others and bettering your life as you become more giving and charitable in your life. Three of his books are: ``Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear,’’ ``Just Like Jesus: Learning to Have a Heart Like His,’’ & ``When GOD Whispers Your Name,’’ all by Pastor Max Lucado.
251) For every movie he has made (and there are several excellent ones, as you know) Brother Spike Lee has a book. Google him under
www.Amazon.com also. Suggested: ``Please, Baby, Please,’’ By Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee & Kadir Nelson. ``Spike Lee: Interviews,’’ By Cynthia Fauchs, ``Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thang,’’ By Mark A. Reid. & ``Spike Lee’s Gotta Have It,’’ By Spike himself. There are several other good books by Spike under
www.Amazon.Com.
252) ``The History of Modern Libya,’’ By Dirk J. Vandawalle.
253) ``Aftershock: The Next Economy & America’s Future,’’ By Robert B. Reich (Labor Secretary under President Carter).
254) ``The Empowered Patient: How to Get the Right Diagnosis, Buy the Cheapest Medicines, Beat Your Insurance Company, and Get the Best Medical Care Every Time,’’ By Elizabeth Cohen.
255) ``The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest,’’ By Dan Buettner.
256) ``Painless Writing (Barron’s Painless Series) By Jeffrey Strausser.
257) ``What’s So Great about America,’’ By Dinesh D’Souza.
(Also available on Audio Book.)
258) ``How to Pay Zero Taxes,’’ By Jeff Schnepper.
259) Check out the nutrition and health books of Dr. Mark Hyman. Google his name under
www.Amazon.Com and discover a host of good healthy books including: ``Ultramatabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss,’’ By Dr. Mark Hyman. (For really heavy people, changing your metabolism will change your life drastically.)
260) ``Something to Live For: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life,’’ By Richard J. Leider & David A. Shapiro.
261) ``The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose,’’ By Dan Millman.
262) ``Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn,’’ By Walter van de Leur.
263) ``Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life,’’ By Marc Freedman.
264) ``Down in New Orleans,’’ By Billy Sothern.
265) ``How to Write a Children’s Book & Get It Published,’’ By Brbara Seuling.
266) ``A Book Inside, How to Write, Publish & Sell Your Story,’’ by Carol Denbow.
267) ``Lyrics: Writing Better Words for Your Songs,’’ By Rikky Rooksby.
268) ``The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, & The Mississippi Gulf Coast,’’ By Douglas G. Brinkley.
269) ``Hungry Girl: Recipes & Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World,’’ By Lisa Lillien. (Men and families can definitely benefit from this book as well—especially single men living alone.)
270) ``The High Tide of American Conservatism,’’ By Garland S. Tucker III.
271) ``The Millionaire Next Door,’’ By Thomas J. Stanley& William D. Danko.
271) ``Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed & Political Corruption Are Undermining America,’’ Arianna Strassinopoulos Huffington.
272) ``Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class & Betraying the American Dream,’’ Arianna Strassinopoulos Huffington.
273) ``A Good Man in Africa,’’ By William Boyd.
274) ``Crazy for God,’’ By Frank Scharffer.
275) ``The Almanac of American Politics (2010),’’ By Michael Barone, Richard E. Cohen & Jackie Koszczuk.
276) ``Unfinished Business: One Man’s Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Thing,’’ By Lee Kravitz.
276) ``Black Man of the Nile,’’ By Professor Yosef Ben-Jochannan.
277) GOD Is Red: A Native View of Religion, 30th Anniversary Edition,’’ By Vine Deloria, Jr., Leslie Marmon Silko & George E. Tinker.
278) ``The World We Used to Live In: Remembering the Powers of the Medicine Men,’’ By Vine Deloria.
279) ``Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: The Illustrated Edition: An Indian History of the American West,’’ (Hardcover). By Dee Brown.
280) ``Spike Lee: That’s My Story & I’m Sticking to It,’’ By Spike Lee & Kaleem Aftab.
281) ``The House of Rajani,’’ By Alon Hilu.
282) ``The Power of Your Subconscious Mind,’’ by author Joseph Murphy.
283) ``The 3 Most Important Things In Your Life,’’ By Pastor Mike Murdock & Deborah Murdock Johnson.
284) ``Giant Steps to Change the World,’’ By Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee. With Illustrations by Sean Qualls.
285) ``Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America,’’ By Shafifa Rhodes-Pitts.
286) ``Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,’’ By Manning Mararble.
287) ``Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style,’’ By Kate Betts.
288) ``Mobilizing Democracy: Changing the U.S. Role in the Middle East,’’ By Greg Bates.
289)`` Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World,’’ By Jonathan Tisch, Karl Weber & Mayor Cory A. Booker.
290) ``Reclaim Your Power: A 30-Day Guide to Hope, Healing& Inspiration for Men of Color,’’ By Terrance Dean & Travis Smiley.
291] ``The Autobiography of Malcolm X,’’ By Malcolm X and Alex Haley.
292] ``Ethical Ambition,’’ By Derrick Bell. (also highly recommended) .
(Every Black Man and Black Woman { and the rest of BLACK people who have different gender identifications } on the planet should read ALL of these books at least once, BUT THE REALITY IS THIS WOULD PUT GREAT PRESSURE ON READERS AND TURN OUT TO not BE VERY PLEASING AND WORTH WHILE. I WANT, hope and Pray ALL BLACK PEOPLE will READ MORE, BUT I KNOW WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT AGE WHERE READING IS NOT AS RESPECTED AS IT SHOULD BE. Young Blacks should also read some of these books, although some may have adult themes and adult subject matter. Again, parents or guardians should pre-read some books first for minor children ages 15 through 18. Many of these books are not suggested for readers younger than 15 years of age..... Many of the older books (and some new ones) are, of course, available at the Library. If you need some guidance as to how to aim the books listed here at your particular problem, be it financial, emotional, political, Spiritual or organizational—call and tell us what issue you want to read about and we will tell you what books to read that deal with that particular subject matter. This is a good idea because some of the titles are misleading. As the old saying goes, don’t judge a book by its’ title ( or cover ) !!! Call and ask for Brother Tracy Gibson at 1 (215) 823 9985 or e-mail us at BrotherTracy11@GMail.Com or KokayiJESUS333@GMail.COM..... We are more than willing to guide you to a book pertaining to the subject matter you want to explore… It is not easy to be a good BLACK parent. I don't have children myself, except for the *8.9 Billion humans on this planet earth. Have a fantastic day…)
