Name: Female, Gifted, and Black By Becca Anderson
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Female, Gifted, and Black by Becca Anderson

Celebrate Black Historical Figures Who Changed History

Embrace Black girl magic and learn about the Black historical figures who made their impact on society as we know it. Female, Gifted and Black, the follow-up to The Book of Awesome Black Women, celebrates the power of the women in black history who shaped and revolutionized the past.

Learn about amazing women in Black history. Whether you learned about these women in school or not, these Black historical figures changed society and inspired future generations. Read all about these powerful women in black history such as Amanda Gorman, Alice Walker, Warsan Shire, Eartha Kitt, Gloria Hendry, Issa Rae, Pearl Bailey, Shonda Rhimes and so many more. From artists to writers, models to dancers, Female, Gifted and Black inspires you to be a trailblazer with these stories of strength, perseverance, and talent.

Dive into this Black history book. Driven by female empowerment, this collection of biographies tells the unique stories of these powerful women in Black history who made a difference. From artists to activists, Female, Gifted and Black showcases a plethora of passions and skills to prove that Black is beautiful. These mighty women in Black history prove that your passions and drive are the most powerful things you have.

Inside Female, Gifted and Black, you'll learn to:

Recognize the importance of honoring Black intelligence, willpower, and passion
Celebrate the strength of these revolutionary women in Black history
Channel your inner womanhood
Discover powerful stories of accomplishments achieved by Black historical figures

If you enjoyed books like The Book of Awesome Black Women, Badass Black Girl, or Black Heroes, you'll love Female, Gifted and Black.

Female, Gifted, and Black Reviews

A powerful resource for young Black girls to empower themselves with the stories of their foremothers. The Black women in this book will guide and lead future generations to recognize that they have the love, strength, and ferocity to change their world.

-Karen Arrington, author of Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America

No matter how much you think you know about the awesomeness of Black women, this book will give you more reasons to celebrate what Black women have done and are destined to do. This book is a balm and a healing for all who will read it.

-Marita Golden, author of The Strong Black Woman: How A Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women

Black women trailblazers who have paved the way for future generations of Black girls to build their own achievements, successes, and triumphs. Here are the foremothers whose stories and lives will help teach young Black girls the power they hold within to change and redefine social boundaries.

-Varla Ventura, author of Sheroes: Bold, Brash, and Absolutely Unabashed Superwomen

A celebration of indomitable black women who scaled centuries of oppression to reach the mountaintop. The encapsulated biographies prove that the impossible can be possible.

-Marlene Wagman-Geller, author of Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls

We are honored by their lives, their stories, their grace and the inspirational precedent set for all to follow in their footsteps.

-Bridgitte Jackson-Buckley, interviewer, memoirist, and author of The Gift of Crisis: How I Used Meditation to Go From Financial Failure to a Life of Purpose

The world needs more works celebrating the excellence of strong, accomplished Black women! This is an excellent introduction to those who've earned their places in history.

-Chrisanne Beckner, architectural historian, writer, and author of 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History

About Becca Anderson

Becca Anderson comes from a long line of preachers and teachers from Ohio and Kentucky. The teacher's side of her family led her to become a women's studies scholar and the author of The Book of Awesome Women. An avid collector of meditations, prayers and blessings, she helps run a Gratitude and Grace Circle' which meets at homes, churches and bookstores monthly in the San Francisco-Bay Area where she currently resides. Becca Anderson credits her spiritual practice with helping her recover from cancer and wants to share this with anyone who is facing difficulty in their life. Author of Think Happy to Stay Happy and Every Day Thankful, Becca Anderson shares her inspirational writings and suggested acts of kindness at https://thedailyinspoblog.wordpress.com/ She also blogs about Awesome Women, like those in her book Badass Affirmations, at https://theblogofawesomewomen.wordpress.com/ Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, M.J. Fievre moved to the United States in 2002. She currently writes from Miami. M.J.'s publishing career began as a teenager in Haiti. At nineteen years-old, she signed her first book contract with Hachette-Deschamps, in Haiti, for the publication of a Young Adult book titled La Statuette Malefique. Since then, M.J. has authored nine books in French that are widely read in Europe and the French Antilles. In 2013, One Moore Book released M.J.'s first children's book, I Am Riding, written in three languages: English, French, and Haitian Creole. In 2015, Beating Windward Press published M.J.'s memoir, A Sky the Color of Chaos, about her childhood in Haiti during the brutal regime of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. M.J. Fievre is the author of Happy, Okay? Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival (Books & Books Press, 2019) and Badass Black Girl: Questions, Quotes, and Affirmations for Teens (Mango Publishing, 2020). She helps others write their way through trauma, build community and create social change. She works with veterans, disenfranchised youth, cancer patients and survivors, victims of domestic and sexual violence, minorities, the elderly, those with chronic illness or going through transition and any underserved population in need of writing as a form of therapy-even if they don't realize that they need writing or therapy. A long-time educator and frequent keynote speaker (Tufts University, Massachusetts; Howard University, Washington, D.C.; the University of Miami, Florida; and Michael College, Vermont; and a panelist at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, AWP), M.J. is available for book club meetings, podcast presentations, interviews and other author events.

Chapter One - Amazing Artists: Musicians, Actors and Other Creators of Color
Chapter Two - Penning the Future One Word at a Time: Awesome Black Women Writers
Chapter Three - Rhythms and Rhymes: Poets & Literary Pioneers
Chapter Four - What the Eyes See: Black Women in Visual Arts
Chapter Five - Beyond the Catwalk & the Stage: Black Models and Dancers

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1684811147

Title

Female, Gifted, and Black by Becca Anderson

Author

Becca Anderson

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Publisher

Yellow Pear Press

Year published

2023-02-10

Number of pages

210

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