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Beulah Jackson’s Banana Pudding Recipe
"Try this recipe and you will never use (jello) pudding mix ever again." -Lynda Jackson-Conyers Yield: 8-10 servings 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup all-purpose flour Dash of salt 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 2 1/2 cups milk 4 large eggs, separated 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 (12-ounce) package vanilla wafers 6 large bananas 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 … [Read more...] about Beulah Jackson’s Banana Pudding Recipe
“Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power” by Tamara Winfrey Harris
c.2021, Barrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. $16.95 / $22.95 Canada 185 pages There’s some mail for you. And it’s not the e-variety, either; it was brought by a human, carried down the street and left at your home. It’s in an envelope with a stamp, and the good news is that it isn’t a bill. It’s a letter for you, and in “Dear Black Girl” by Tamara Winfrey Harris, it could … [Read more...] about “Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power” by Tamara Winfrey Harris
“The Jigsaw Man: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson
c.2021, Hanover Square Press $27.99 / $34.99 Canad 496 pages Finders Keepers. It's all yours now, that cool, unique, surprise thing that suddenly turned up and you laid claim to it. What once was lost is yours now. Finders keepers, except, as in the new novel "The Jigsaw Man" by Nadine Matheson, what's found is a dead body. Looking as though it was about to pay … [Read more...] about “The Jigsaw Man: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson
How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet
By: Laura Parker Personal protective equipment is made of plastic and isn’t recyclable. Now it’s being found everywhere on earth, including the oceans. The solution isn’t complicated: Throw them away. Earth Day has revealed a new problem this year, according to National Geographic Magazine: discarded face masks are multiplying at an alarming rate, clogging landfills, … [Read more...] about How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet
“We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy” by Natalie Baszile
c.2021, Amistad $29.99 / $36.99 Canada 368 pages One little hole in the ground. That’s all it takes, as big around as your little finger, a pencil eraser, a coffee stirrer. A tiny fissure in the Earth, that’s what you need to grow dinner next week or next winter, flowers for your table, sustenance for your animals or, as in the new book “We Are Each Other’s Harvest” by … [Read more...] about “We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy” by Natalie Baszile
The History of Our First African American Mayors
By Tann vom Hove, Senior Fellow, City Mayors Research* Black Americans have become instrumental in US local government December 2020: It is thought that America’s first elected black mayors were Pierre Caliste Landry from Donaldsonville in southern Louisiana and Stephen Swails from Kingstree, South Carolina. Both men were elected in 1868, the year the 14th amendment … [Read more...] about The History of Our First African American Mayors
“Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid” by Mikaila Ulmer
c.2020, G.P. Putnam $17.99 / higher in Canada 240 pages Sometimes, a thousand ideas buzz around in your head. You're creative, and you like to invent things and come up with fun ideas. That might make you famous someday, and it might make you rich. And in "Bee Fearless" by Mikaila Ulmer, you'll see how that's possible now, even though you're still a kid. When she … [Read more...] about “Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid” by Mikaila Ulmer
This Week in Black History
April 8, 1974 – Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron hits 715 home run, surpassing Babe Ruth as the game’s all-time home-run leader. April 9, 1898 – Paul Robeson, actor, singer, activist, born. April 10, 1947 – Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play major league baseball. April 11, 1966 – Emmett Ashford becomes first Black umpire in the … [Read more...] about This Week in Black History
“Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players” by Cam Perron with Nick Chiles, foreword by Hank Aaron
c.2021, Gallery Books $27.00 / $36.00 Canada 272 pages Your teeth got a good workout. Yep, as a kid, you wanted those certain hard-to-find, favorite-player baseball cards but you didn’t want to be wasteful. Because you’d do anything to get the cards, you spent your change, hoped you’d be lucky, and you chewed a lot of gum. In the new book “Comeback Season” by Cam Perron … [Read more...] about “Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players” by Cam Perron with Nick Chiles, foreword by Hank Aaron