I am the only black girl in my grade at my school. I am consistly tested about my and being black my friends and other people have a very bad view about black women. most of them say when they first met me they thought that i was gonna be this really gettho girl and have the accent and every thing. I believe that as black women in general we must change how society depicts black women because i are far from what the media says that we are.
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Added by Elizabeth Jones on March 7, 2010 at 12:30am —
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It's Your Life, Get B.E.F.Y. With It!
B.E.F.Y. is an acronym for black, educated, focused, and yielded. It is a community empowerment movement designed to counter societal ills ruining black communities such as drugs,
gangs, violence, and crime. In addition, B.E.F.Y. encourages the
pursuit of higher education as
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Added by S. Denice Newton on March 6, 2010 at 2:17am —
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1. Social Networking Sites
The most useful place for a new artist to start is with social networking sites. Popular sites like
MySpace,
Facebook and
ihiphop.com allow you to make your music and image available to millions of potential fans.
The ability to add friends in certain demographics will help you to hone in on the people that are most likely to…
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Added by Toia Krichel Prince on March 4, 2010 at 10:26am —
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It Happened on Monday
DONNA
It happened on Monday. I was taking a shower when it hit. Yes, it was 2:30 in the afternoon. I hadn’t been away from the computer until then. I made myself get up because Virginia and I needed to get to the post office. And I really needed a shower—Trust me.
So I soaped up some essent…
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Added by Virginia & Donna on March 2, 2010 at 6:55pm —
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The first article about us as authors, back when we wrote Exposures as Marie Joyce, appeared in a newspaper called The New York Press. It was generated because WE sent out a press release. We had had a great editor, but there was no publicity or marketing budget for that book. Hell, our entry level—read minute—advance (divided in half, pa…
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Added by Virginia & Donna on February 24, 2010 at 11:29am —
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I'm having an issue with someone in my family and it is really bothering me. It bothers me because I don't
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Added by Brandie Randolph on February 22, 2010 at 3:59pm —
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Delusions of Grandeur
Just a few short years ago every aspiring rapper, singer or band would claw at the chance to audition for a major label A&R representative in hopes of landing a juicy contract, fortune and fame. Today,
if you are looking for that kind of fairy tale ending, perhaps it would be best
to scale dow
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Added by Toia Krichel Prince on February 21, 2010 at 12:48pm —
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INTRODUCTION
(Welcome to my world)
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Added by Marie Calvin Williams on February 16, 2010 at 11:21pm —
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Yesterday, we received and answered one hundred and four book related emails, text and voice messages. That doesn’t count reader email—just the ones having to do with the impending publication of Uptown, our seventh novel. [We are best friends who’ve been co-writing women’s fiction for twenty of our twenty seven years of friendship.
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Added by Virginia & Donna on February 15, 2010 at 8:27pm —
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Alarm goes off and either gets beaten to death or snooze gets pressed to death. I stumble begrudgingly t
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Added by Brandie Randolph on February 13, 2010 at 10:59pm —
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Added by Brandie Randolph on February 12, 2010 at 7:01pm —
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In honor of Valentine's Day, That Black Girl Site is giving away three Soul Purpose Prize Packages to readers. Enter the contest by entering here:
http:///http:…
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Added by Cee Cee on February 12, 2010 at 6:20pm —
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Added by Rainy Day Diva on February 12, 2010 at 8:36am —
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Added by Rainy Day Diva on February 12, 2010 at 8:27am —
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I’m scared of living beyond what I know or see. So growing for me is hard, I do not see or know beyond what I’ve lived. Growing up and seeing things b
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Added by Meechie on February 8, 2010 at 9:00am —
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Okay I know I should be grateful and what not for being able to live in another country but I guess since I was in the military and going to different countries was part of my job, it just really wasn't a big deal. I've been out since 07. I meet my husband in late 07 and he's active duty. Now were here in Italy and so far I'm not impressed. First off they way you have to get your gas hooked up is so ancient. You have to wait on the corner of the street for a specified timeframe until the gas dud…
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Added by MrsMantha on February 7, 2010 at 10:27pm —
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It saddens me somewhat that I have lived the number of years I have and did not know of this Black treasure amongst us.

Amelia Boynton Robinson was the first
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Added by Chrystal on February 5, 2010 at 1:30pm —
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CHAPTER 1
“Tomorrow is your big day,” Dino said while laying across the king sized bed.
“Yes baby, it is, and I can’t wait,” Keisha said with a big smile sitting at the edge of the bed scanning through Ebony magazine and daydreaming about her big day.
“You haven’t thanked me yet.” Dino stretched his long masculine legs out and kicked the silk comforter off of him.
“Thank you for what baby?” Keisha asked, turning to look at him.
“Thank me for who you are,” he said, getting pissed at her changing…
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Added by Troynetta Johnson on January 27, 2010 at 1:57pm —
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Did you know that there was was a summer resort in Ohio that catered to slave masters and their negro mistresses? Well this is the backdrop of Dolen Valdez- Perkins debut novel Wench
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Added by Bernice McFadden on January 22, 2010 at 9:02pm —
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TITLE: Propositioning the Rich Italian
AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris
AUTHOR URL:
http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com
GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance
URL TO THE BUYING PAGE:
http://www.bookstrand.c…
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on January 15, 2010 at 10:41pm —
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