The African American Book of Values

About this book

In The African-American Book of Values Steven Barboza has gathered together a wealth of stories that make up a moral map for modern living. Relying on the words and stories of (to name a few) the well-known: Langston Hughes Frederick Douglas Sojourner Truth Zora Neale Hurston Martin Luther King Maya Angelou Frances E.W. Harper Malcolm X Alex Haley Benjamin Banneker Phillis Wheatley--the unsung: ship captain Robert Smalls; Underground Railroad "conductor" William Still; Stoplight inventor Elijah McCoy (better known as the "Real McCoy") ; poet Georgia Douglas Johnson; etiquette maven Charlotte Hawkins Brown; Elizabeth Keckley seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln; The African-American Book of Values illustrates for young and old black and white the necessary characteristics by which we should lead our lives. Split into two sections "The Book of Self-Mastery" and "The Book of Empathy " and augmented by black-and-white photos line drawings and color illustrations The African-American Book of Values will be a stunning "must-have" addition to African-American and American households everywhere.