Books to Read - Part I

Greetings this Holiday Season!
The following books have come across my desk that are interesting reads..Check them out!

we who are dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity
By Tommie Shelby, 2005
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ISBN#: 0-674-01936-9
From the inside jacket: "African American History resounds with calls for black unity. From abolitionist times through the Black Power movement, it was widely seen as a means of securing a full share of America's promised freedom and equality. Book chapter titles include: Two conceptions of Black Nationalism; Class, Poverty, Nationalism; Black Solidarity after Black Power"...etc.

The Advancement of Learning: Building the Teaching Commons
By Mary Taylor Huber & Pat Hutchings, 2004
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, ISBN#: 978-0-7879-8115-0
From the inside jacket: "Explores the premise that the scholarship of teaching and learning holds the key to improving the quality of higher education".

Religion: and the Rise of Jim Crow in New Orleans
By James B. Bennett, 2005
Princeton University Press, ISBN# 0-691-12148-6
From the inside jacket: "Examines a difficult chapter in American religious history: the story of race prejudice in American Christianity; it explores the relationship between churches: black and white, Protestant and Catholic- and the emergence of the Jim Crow laws, statues that created a racial caste system in the American south.

Market Women: Black Women Entrepreneurs: Past, Present, and Future
By Cheryl A. Smith, 2005
Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, ISBN# 0-275-98379-X
From the inside jacket: Featuring in-depth interviews with 19 present day entrepreneurs, Smith reveals an approach to business that is based on personal relationships, pooling of resources, a sense of humor, apprentiseship and mentoring, and strong mother-daughter bonds that defy traditional definitions of business success".