Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul: Laughter, Love and Memories to Honor the Legacy of Sisterhood

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Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul is a rich collection of stories that truly celebrate the mountaintops and share the valleys of the African American woman’s experience; highlighting her moments of strength, as well as her struggles.

ntroduction — 1. The Shoulders we Stand on — A Line in the Sand / Sherie Labedis — Legacy / Jerilyn Upton Sanders — Letters of Love / Lorraine M. Elzia — Walking the Lessons of Life / H. Renay Anderson — These Precious Hands / Sheila P. Spencer — My Mother’s Shoes / Andrea Blackstone — My Shero / Lisa Nichols — What She Said / Betty DeRamus — Getting to Know Miss Gladys / Bari-Ellen Ross — The Ring / Monica Montgomery — Just Like Mom / Linda Coleman-Willis — Mama’s Hands / Evelyn Palfrey — The Outfit / Berthena Kemp — Birthdays and Blessings / Anesia Okezie, Karen Waldman — Dancing in the Kitchen / Barbara Holt — History Through Herstory / Emma Ransom Hayward — Ninety-Pound Powerhouse / Swanee Rivers — 2. It Takes a Village of Mothers — My Womb’s Butterfly / E. Claudette Freeman — The Wisdom of Motherhood / Lolita Hendrix, Briana Hendrix — One Day, You’ll Understand / Kelly Starling Lyons — Even a Dancing Time / Angel V. Shannon — Keeping Faith / Tracy Clausell-Alexander — Handpicked to Nurture / T. Rhythm Knight — Single-Mommy Love / Dayciaa C. Smith — The Christmas Sparrows / Joe Gurneak — Soul Food Rite of Passage / Anita S. Lane — Lesson for a New Life / Evelyn K. Lemar — 3. Beautiful-Just the Way I am — Discovering Me / Lisa Nichols — Bathed in Love / Adiya Dixon-Sato — My Cup Runneth Over / Nikki Shearer-Tilford — Meet Me in the Middle / Connie Bennett — The Dreadful Story / Lisa Bartley-Lacey — Gluttony to Glory / Lindale Banks — Getting Real / Elaine K. Green — Crown of Splendor / Sheila P. Spencer — Birth of a Nappy Hair Affair / Linda Jones — 4. My Sister, My Friend — A Cup of Tenderness / Brenda Caperton — Sistahood / Jeanine DeHoney — Who Is Helping Whom? / Margaret Lang — Merry Christmas, Emma / Mary Saxon Wilburn — Elegant Ladies…Again / Karla Brown — Friday Afternoon at the Beauty Shop / Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig — Sisters’ Song / Rita Billbe — 5. The Power of a Woman’s Prayer — Divine Intervention / Michelle Cummins — Holy Ghost Filled / Kiana Green — God’s Will / Sophfronia Scott — The Bus Vouchers / Ruthell Cook Price — You’ll Do It for Me / Nancy Gilliam — Solid Ground / Yvonda Johnson — Lord, Please Make One for Me! / RuNett Nia Ebo — 6. Loving Black Men — My Divas / Antonio Crawford — Love, Laugh and Live Today / Charles Stanley McNeal — King Kong / Susan Madison — It Was Magic / Nancy Gilliam — Forgiving Daddy / Carol Ross-Burnett — A Twenty-Dollar Education / Nadine McIlwain — No More Drama / Patricia L. Walter Johnson — A Daughter’s Forgiveness / Dawn Nicole Patterson — A Gift from Above / Leslie Ford — Where Have All the Old Men Gone? / Marvin V. Arnett — 7. Breaking Through My Barriers — Music in the Rooms / Carolyn West — Turning My Mess into My Message / Sanyika Calloway Boyce — The Graduation / Bernetta Thorne-Williams — More Than a Dream / Phyllis R. Dixon — Shades of Black and White / Dorothy Jackson, Hattie Mae Pembrook — Moving On from Militancy / Damita Jo Johnson — Never, Ever Give Up / Tanya Hutchison — Queen Charlene / Charlene Copeland, Sonya Simpson — Reclaiming My Soul / Lisa J. Whaley — Greatness by Design / Blanche Williams — Kwanzaa on the Prairie / Jacinda Townsend — The Bus Stop / DeAnna Blaylock — Who Is Jack Canfield? — Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? — Who Is Lisa Nichols? — Who Is Eve Eschner Hogan? — Contributors — Permissions.

324 pages

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