Written by Atlanta's bestselling author, playwright, and Civil Rights Activist, Pearl Cleage (Blues for An Alabama Sky, In My Granny's Garden, Tell Me My Dream) this original animated short celebrates the power of youth to change history. We meet three friends as they learn about the sit-ins of the Civil Rights era, and powerfully apply those lessons to issues they – and we all – face today. The play invites students, parents, teachers, and families...

On February 1, 1960, four African American college students entered the Woolworth department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and sat down at the lunch counter. This lunch counter, like most in the American South, refused to serve black customers. The four students remained in their seats until the store closed. In the following days, they returned, joined by growing numbers of fellow students. These "sit-in" demonstrations soon spread to other...

This read-together board book is a snowballing narrative of animal chaos that culminates in story time under a blanket tent. Everyone's on the sofa to share a book: zebra, cat, child, lion. "Wait!" says zebra, "Stork isn't here yet!" Then cat needs a cushion, hamster's missing, someone's sitting on lion's tail, fish wants to be in the middle . . . . NOW they'll be able to start-won't they? In this fun, humorous story, the familiar chaos of piling...

I have come from you for we are born within each other This book is written about merging in the end All that separates us is artificial Just like looking at a rose: Every eye no matter what color, race, crees or religion whether poor, rich, Pope or Prophet will see the same beauty and intensity in that rose And to me The rose is the source of our lives That is what brings us together That is where we come from and that is where we go to Let us realize...

Jimmy Stone died of a broken heart. Literally. "Four people sitting in a ring. Two men and two women. All of them dead." Thus begins a case that will take detective Stella Mooney from the fabulous flats of Notting Hill to the decidedly tougher side of town. It's no wonder Stella feels like she's going round in circles. Her personal life is also going awry. Her live-in-lover has yet to be told her has serious competition in the form of sexy newsman...

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." -Matthew 11:28.Perhaps youre like me. Perhaps you originally came to Jesus and felt great freedom as He eased your load. But maybe, over the course of the journey with Him, your burdens piled up and you lost your joy. It happens so easily: we unconsciously lose our focus on Christ and begin to look to ourselves. We distractedly go through the routines of the Christian life,...

Alas . . . hospitalization finds Omni befriended by Nurse Seattle and young radiographer Niv. After he discharges himself, wounds weeping Seattle crosses professional / marriage lines to visit. One night of folklove with Boho Bee before taken from Harbourton, to Metroaux, then an inevitable return in crutches where Niv introduces big bro Nick, who fudges paperwork at the majestic-yet-eerie place of employment dominating the Zone1 skyline. A Mumbai...

Being human is hard. Being in relationships with other humans is even harder. People are complex and relationships are messy but loving one another well is possible. Whether navigating political or religious differences, or dealing with toxic people or our own unforgiveness, this book tackles the struggles no one really wants to talk about. But there is hope! We can actually grow closer to God and others through the circumstances we'd rather run from. In...

In the last few years I've read rants against the evils of feminism from some of the top Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christian leaders who blame women wanting to go to work, go into ministry, and be equals to their husbands for all the social ills happening in our country. If women would just stay home divorce rates would plummet, no abortions would happen, public schools wouldn't be in trouble, and all the world's ills would come to an end. There's...