BlackCurrent

November 2008--Volume VI, Issue 11

Fresh Perspectives Tantalize the Mind

Eyes to My Soul
The Rise or Decline of a Black FBI Agent
by Tyrone Powers

The despair and hopelessness of other rags-to-riches tales of urban African Americans find no place in the autobiography of former FBI Special Agent Tyrone Powers, who spent nine years with FBI postings in Cincinnati and Detroit. The picture of the country’s top law enforcement agency that emerges from Powers’ eloquent prose reveals an organization beset by the same problems of racism that plagued the rest of American society during the 1980s and 1990s.

Lessons in Living from Sister Thea Bowman
by Michael O'Neill McGrath

Through a series of 12 stunning paintings and reflections on Sister Thea Bowman’s life and teaching, Michael O’Neill McGrath celebrates the spirit of one of the great prophets and spiritual guides of modern times. Sister Thea (1937-1980), an African-American Franciscan, was one of the great treasures of the American Catholic Church.

From Where I Stand: In the City
by Cheryl Willis Hudson
Illustrated by Nancy Devard

A charming tale for children ages 4 to 8 reinforces the concepts of perception and place recognition and features rhyming text and energetic illustrations that show the unique perspective of a small boy as he accompanies an adult on her errands along a busy city street.

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