The Speech I Teach: Public Speaking for Today's Students

Author(s): Michelle DeSelle

The Speech I Teach: Public Speaking for Today’s Student helps students embrace the prestige and eloquence of the art of public speaking as did the Greek and Roman philosophers. The skill of public speaking was widely sought after as it gave prominence to the possessor of such a skill- it was not fea...

The Mask of Microaggressions: Studies of Racism in the U.S.

Author(s): Ronald Goodwin, MARK TSCHAEPE

Racism that is communicated through racial microaggressions is more difficult to locate and reconstruct than the racism that was built into law during enslavement and Jim Crow.The Mask of Microagressions: Studies of Racism in the US presents tools that aid in understanding historical sources of raci...

21st Century Business Etiquette: From Getting a Job to Building a Career

Author(s): Alberta Thrash, Edwige G Sery

21st Century Business Etiquette: From Getting a Job to Building a Career examines some of the obvious and not so obvious tools individuals can use to build a successful business career. The book begins by examining what an individual needs to do to prepare themselves for their career beginning with ...

Introduction to African American Studies: A Critical Reader

Author(s): Frederick Gooding Jr

For many students en masse, their exposure to the “African American Experience” is limited to the pedestrian, brief and routine mentions of Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King primarily during the month of February.Introduction to African American Studies: A Critical Reader introdu...

Topics in African Diaspora History

Author(s): Jim Harper, Charles Johnson, Tony Frazier, Jarvis Hargrove

Topics in African Diaspora History is a diverse body of various themes in the study of the African Diaspora. These themes include African Nationalism, Resistance, Pan-Africanism, Spirituality, Black Power and Transnationalism and they cover a broad spectrum of the Diaspora experience that spans acro...

Estate Planning and Taxation

Author(s): John Bost, Mitzi Lauderdale, Michael J.R. Hoffman, Nancy Prestopino

New 16th Edition Now Available!Designed to be used in an academic program, Estate Planning and Taxation presents a concise, integrated overview, highlighting the essence of concepts without confusing the reader with every technical qualification and reference - a problem which has impaired the reada...

Effective Strategies to Use with African Americans and Students of Diverse Backgrounds

Author(s): Gloria Kirkland-Holmes

Effective Strategies to Use with African Americans and Students of Diverse Backgrounds covers the issues that are impacting the lives of African American children and their families, as well as trend of thoughts about what should be discussed to assure more success for African American children in o...

African American Males Matriculating through Higher Education and Society

Author(s): Justin Rose, Yolanda Beamon, Clarice Ford

African American Males: Matriculating Through Higher Education and Society helps readers understand the historical evolution of the relationship between Black Males, Black Females, and the Black Community. Most of all, it helps understand how these relationships have affected raising academically su...

The Fundamentals of Speech Communication in the Digital World

Author(s): Regina M Williams Davis, Tracey Booth Snipes, Deana Lacy McQuitty

Between The Color Lines: A History of African Americans on the California Frontier Through 1890

Author(s): A Darius Spearman

New Publication Now Available!The diverse array of characters on the California frontier reveal insightful stories of survival and ingenuity that can be found in Between the Color Lines. This text explores the meaning of the frontier and how frontier life shaped the experiences of African Americans ...