is a tribute to a culture that
prides itself on its sense of survival, resiliency, healing,
prayer, and perseverance. These stories offer an opportunity for
both African Americans and our friends of other cultures to
understand what has been the powerful and unending thread woven
throughout our tapestry that has created the wonderful and
beautiful fabric of who we are.
Here we express why we dance, why
we sing, why we cry, why we shout, why we laugh so joyfully and
why we continue to keep striving and fighting for what we believe.
This book is not only a tribute to what has been in our history,
but also to what still can be in our future, filled with stories
of transitioning from the test to the testimony, and from the
battles to the victories.
This book
includes stories by or about:
Muhammad Ali
Wally Amos
Maya Angelou
Les Brown
Mean Joe Greene
Bishop T.D. Jakes
Martin Luthor King Jr
Yolanda King
Nelson Mandela
Malcolm X
Sojourner Truth
....and many more!
"Chicken Soup for the African American Soul includes stories of
inspiration, humor and wisdom that we all can relate to. The pot
is full and seasoned just right! You can take a big helping all at
once or dip a little at a time. Enjoy the book! I hope it warms
your heart as much as it warmed mine!"
Lisa Nichols is a dynamic international motivational speaker and powerful advocate of personal empowerment. She is the Founder and CEO of Motivating the Teen Spirit, LLC which is recognized by many as the most comprehensive empowerment skills program available today for teen self-development.
As of July 2006, her company has impacted the lives of over 60,000 teens, prevented over 1,750 suicides, reunited thousands of teens with their parents, and influenced more than 975 teen drop outs to return to school.
Lisa Nichols is a proven Entrepreneur and since starting her company in her living room in May of 2000, she has taken it international while doing more than two million dollars in business along the way.
Despite being labeled "one of the worst writers" by her English teacher, she's landed three major book publishing deals with the best selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
She's appeared as an expert Life Coach on NBCs hit show, “Starting Over” as well as one of the 27 leading teachers featured on the international hit DVD, "The Secret.
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Who is Tom Joyner?
Tom Joyner is one of the most influential, inspirational, and dynamic personalities in the country. The native of Tuskegee, Ala. is founder of REACH Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, BlackAmericaWeb.com, and host of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show. This four-hour, drive-time radio show offers a daily dose of information, entertainment and tons of pride for his nearly eight million listeners in 115 markets around the country.
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Who is Jack Canfield?
You probably know Jack Canfield as the founder and co-creator of the New York Times #1 best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul® book series, which currently has over 70 titles and 85 million copies in print in over 37 languages.
What you may not know is that Jack is also the founder of Self-Esteem Seminars, located in Santa Barbara, California, which trains entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees how to accelerate the achievement of their personal and professional goals.
Jack is also the Founder of The Foundation for Self Esteem, located in Culver City, California, which provides self-esteem resources and trainings to social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals. Jack is also the President of a speaking resource service providing incredible inspirational speakers for event planners worldwide!
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Who is Mark Victor Hansen?
In the area of human potential, no one is better known and more respected than Mark Victor Hansen. For more than 25 years, Mark Victor Hansen has focused solely on helping people and organizations, from all walks of life, reshape their personal vision of what's possible.
His powerful messages of possibility, opportunity, and action have helped create startling and powerful change in thousands of organizations, and millions of individuals worldwide.
With his endearing charismatic style, Mark captures his audience's attention as well as their hearts. With his one-of-a-kind technique and masterful authority of his work, time and again he continues to receive high accolades from his audiences as one of the most dynamic and compelling speakers of our time.
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Who is senior editor, Eve Eschner Hogan?
Eve Eschner Hogan, senior editor of Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul and Chicken Soup for the African American Soul, is an inspirational speaker, relationship specialist and writing coach. She is the author of How to Love Your Marriage: Making Your Closest Relationship Work, Way of the Winding Path: A Map for the Labyrinth of Life, Intellectual Foreplay: Questions for Lovers and Lovers-to-Be, Virtual Foreplay: Making Your Online Relationship a Real-Life Success, and co-author of Rings of Truth. She is also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the Ocean Lover’s Soul.
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Who is the cover artist, Keith Mallett?
For Keith Mallett painting is a spiritual journey. It is a journey that started in childhood and continues to this day. Keith has worked as a painter, etcher and ceramic artist. His subject matter ranges from still lifes to abstracts. In recent years he has devoted his talents to themes that portray the beauty and strength of the African American experience.
Born in Pennsylvania in 1948, Keith studied painting at the Art Students' League and Hunter College in New York City and LA Valley College in Los Angeles. Keith is one of just twelve artists whose work has been chosen for inclusion in the Allstate Insurance 2003 Black History Month Calendar.
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