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Books by Terry
O'Neal
Motion Sickness,
The Poet Speaks In Black,
Ev'ry
Little Soul,
Good Mornin' Glory, and novel
Sweet Lavender
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The
Poet Speaks In Black
By
Terry O'Neal Bio-Sketch
Terry a O’Neal is the author of two
volumes of poetry, Motion
Sickness and The
Poet Speaks In Black. O'Neal is also the author of
the children's book
Ev’ry Little Soul. This inspirational
piece encouraging strength and endurance in our children was
wonderfully illustrated by Ms. Wendy Robinson—an artist out of
Cape Town, South Africa. Together they have crafted a
magnificent book for readers of all ages.
In a recent interview with Awareness
Magazine, O’Neal was asked “How
do you feel poetry relates to the average person?” She
answered, “Well, it is difficult (especially during this day
and time) to specify what an “average” person is. As far as
I know, I am an average person. I have good days and bad days, a
family that I couldn’t live without and at the same time they
drive me crazy. I think that people from all walks of life have
been introduced and possibly identified with some form of poetry
being that much of what the words are about are average,
everyday experiences and feelings.”
She has been featured in several magazines
such as Awareness Magazine, Spoken Vizions, Page
One Literary, and Poetic License. Her poetry has been
published in many reviews - the Oyez Review, Taj Mahal
Review, and The Big Lick Literary Review, just to
name a few.
Currently, she is working on her first novel Sweet
Lavender – a story about a young black girl’s
life growing up in a small southern town. Look forward to this novel on April 18,
2003. Her upcoming volumes of poetry entitled Journey Song and In
a World of My Own, are both due to be published in
March 2004.
Terry O’Neal (maiden name Williams) was
born and raised in Stockton California. In 1991, she established
her residence in Sacramento where she attended CSUS, majoring in
Criminal Justice. O’Neal is a wife and mother of four
children. She works part-time as a secretary for her husband’s
communications corporation. She is also the founder of her own
publications company that was established in the year 2000 to
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Go, Tell Michelle
African American Women Write to the New First Lady
Edited Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy
Brooks-Bertram
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Weep Not, Child
By
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
This is
a powerful, moving story that details the
effects of the infamous Mau Mau war, the
African nationalist revolt against colonial
oppression in Kenya, on the lives of
ordinary men and women, and on one family in
particular. Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau,
stand on a rubbish heap and look into their
futures. Njoroge is excited; his family has
decided that he will attend school, while
Kamau will train to be a carpenter. Together
they will serve their country—the
teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya
and the times are against them. In the
forests, the Mau Mau is waging war against
the white government, and the two brothers
and their family need to decide where their
loyalties lie. For the practical Kamau the
choice is simple, but for Njoroge the
scholar, the dream of progress through
learning is a hard one to give up.—Penguin
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in
America
By Melissa V.
Harris-Perry
According to the
author, this society has historically exerted
considerable pressure on black females to fit into one
of a handful of stereotypes, primarily, the Mammy, the
Matriarch or the Jezebel. The selfless
Mammy’s behavior is marked by a slavish devotion to
white folks’ domestic concerns, often at the expense of
those of her own family’s needs. By contrast, the
relatively-hedonistic Jezebel is a sexually-insatiable
temptress. And the Matriarch is generally thought of as
an emasculating figure who denigrates black men, ala the
characters Sapphire and Aunt Esther on the television
shows Amos and Andy and Sanford and Son, respectively.
Professor Perry
points out how the propagation of these harmful myths
have served the mainstream culture well. For instance,
the Mammy suggests that it is almost second nature for
black females to feel a maternal instinct towards
Caucasian babies.
As for the source
of the Jezebel, black women had no control over their
own bodies during slavery given that they were being
auctioned off and bred to maximize profits. Nonetheless,
it was in the interest of plantation owners to propagate
the lie that sisters were sluts inclined to mate
indiscriminately.
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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