Author: Cornelius Wright
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1643348035
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Black Boy from the Barrio is a series of books about Cornelius “Neo” Wright. It’s an ongoing saga about an African American man who is living two different lives. The first half of his life was spent doing nonproductive things like partying, watching television, and working on physically demanding jobs. During his mid-thirties, he had a wakeup call and realized that he needed a “check up from the neck up.” He found that he was on the same career and life path that his beloved father (who was a farm laborer) had warned him to avoid. In 1994, he was introduced to some local business owners who were living the life that most people would only dream of. Fortunately, they were willing to coach and mentor Neo if he would make the time. He took them up on their offer, and the rest is history. At the time, little did Neo know that he would someday rewrite history for himself and countless others someday in the future. Well, that someday is now. Welcome to Black Boy from the Barrio Volume 1.
Black Boy from the Barrio
Author: Cornelius Wright
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1643348035
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Black Boy from the Barrio is a series of books about Cornelius “Neo” Wright. It’s an ongoing saga about an African American man who is living two different lives. The first half of his life was spent doing nonproductive things like partying, watching television, and working on physically demanding jobs. During his mid-thirties, he had a wakeup call and realized that he needed a “check up from the neck up.” He found that he was on the same career and life path that his beloved father (who was a farm laborer) had warned him to avoid. In 1994, he was introduced to some local business owners who were living the life that most people would only dream of. Fortunately, they were willing to coach and mentor Neo if he would make the time. He took them up on their offer, and the rest is history. At the time, little did Neo know that he would someday rewrite history for himself and countless others someday in the future. Well, that someday is now. Welcome to Black Boy from the Barrio Volume 1.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1643348035
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Black Boy from the Barrio is a series of books about Cornelius “Neo” Wright. It’s an ongoing saga about an African American man who is living two different lives. The first half of his life was spent doing nonproductive things like partying, watching television, and working on physically demanding jobs. During his mid-thirties, he had a wakeup call and realized that he needed a “check up from the neck up.” He found that he was on the same career and life path that his beloved father (who was a farm laborer) had warned him to avoid. In 1994, he was introduced to some local business owners who were living the life that most people would only dream of. Fortunately, they were willing to coach and mentor Neo if he would make the time. He took them up on their offer, and the rest is history. At the time, little did Neo know that he would someday rewrite history for himself and countless others someday in the future. Well, that someday is now. Welcome to Black Boy from the Barrio Volume 1.
Barrio Boy
Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833508218
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833508218
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Barrio America
Author: A. K. Sandoval-Strausz
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541644433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation's cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight Thirty years ago, most people were ready to give up on American cities. We are commonly told that it was a "creative class" of young professionals who revived a moribund urban America in the 1990s and 2000s. But this stunning reversal owes much more to another, far less visible group: Latino and Latina newcomers. Award-winning historian A. K. Sandoval-Strausz reveals this history by focusing on two barrios: Chicago's Little Village and Dallas's Oak Cliff. These neighborhoods lost residents and jobs for decades before Latin American immigration turned them around beginning in the 1970s. As Sandoval-Strausz shows, Latinos made cities dynamic, stable, and safe by purchasing homes, opening businesses, and reviving street life. Barrio America uses vivid oral histories and detailed statistics to show how the great Latino migrations transformed America for the better.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541644433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation's cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight Thirty years ago, most people were ready to give up on American cities. We are commonly told that it was a "creative class" of young professionals who revived a moribund urban America in the 1990s and 2000s. But this stunning reversal owes much more to another, far less visible group: Latino and Latina newcomers. Award-winning historian A. K. Sandoval-Strausz reveals this history by focusing on two barrios: Chicago's Little Village and Dallas's Oak Cliff. These neighborhoods lost residents and jobs for decades before Latin American immigration turned them around beginning in the 1970s. As Sandoval-Strausz shows, Latinos made cities dynamic, stable, and safe by purchasing homes, opening businesses, and reviving street life. Barrio America uses vivid oral histories and detailed statistics to show how the great Latino migrations transformed America for the better.
It Doesn't Have to be this Way
Author: Luis J. Rodriguez
Publisher: Children's Book Press
ISBN: 9780892392032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Reluctantly a young boy becomes more and more involved in the activities of a local gang, until a tragic event involving his cousin forces him to make a choice about the course of his life.
Publisher: Children's Book Press
ISBN: 9780892392032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Reluctantly a young boy becomes more and more involved in the activities of a local gang, until a tragic event involving his cousin forces him to make a choice about the course of his life.
El Barrio
Author: Deborah M. Newton Chocolate
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805074574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A young boy explores his vibrant Latino neighborhood, with its vegetable gardens instead of lawns, Nativity parades, quinceaera parties, and tejana and salsa music.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805074574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A young boy explores his vibrant Latino neighborhood, with its vegetable gardens instead of lawns, Nativity parades, quinceaera parties, and tejana and salsa music.
The House of Impossible Loves
Author: Cristina López Barrio
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547661193
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
In the tradition of Laura Esquivel's Like Water For Chocolate, The House of Impossible Loves is a novel set in twentieth-century Spain and France revolving around a family of cursed women.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547661193
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
In the tradition of Laura Esquivel's Like Water For Chocolate, The House of Impossible Loves is a novel set in twentieth-century Spain and France revolving around a family of cursed women.
When a Heart Turns Rock Solid
Author: Timothy Black
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307378349
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Based on an unprecedented eighteen-year study, the center of this riveting book are three engaging streetwise brothers who provide powerful testimony to the exigencies of life lived on the social and economic margins. With profound lessons regarding the intersection of social forces and individual choices, Black succeeds in putting a human face on some of the most important public policy issues of our time.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307378349
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Based on an unprecedented eighteen-year study, the center of this riveting book are three engaging streetwise brothers who provide powerful testimony to the exigencies of life lived on the social and economic margins. With profound lessons regarding the intersection of social forces and individual choices, Black succeeds in putting a human face on some of the most important public policy issues of our time.
Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill
Author: Luis Gutierrez
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A candid, savvy, inspiring, and often hilarious memoir by one of America's most fearless political leaders.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A candid, savvy, inspiring, and often hilarious memoir by one of America's most fearless political leaders.
Out Of The Barrio
Author: Linda Chavez
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Are Hispanics “making it”—achieving the American dream following the pattern of other ethnic groups? This controversial book shatters the myth that 20 million His panics—fast becoming the nation's largest minority—are a permanent underclass. Chavez considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Are Hispanics “making it”—achieving the American dream following the pattern of other ethnic groups? This controversial book shatters the myth that 20 million His panics—fast becoming the nation's largest minority—are a permanent underclass. Chavez considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.
Black Boy from the Barrio
Author: Cornelius Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781643348049
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Black Boy from the Barrio is a series of books about Cornelius "Neo" Wright. It's an ongoing saga about an African American man who is living two different lives. The first half of his life was spent doing nonproductive things like partying, watching television, and working on physically demanding jobs. During his mid-thirties, he had a wakeup call and realized that he needed a "check up from the neck up." He found that he was on the same career and life path that his beloved father (who was a farm laborer) had warned him to avoid. In 1994, he was introduced to some local business owners who were living the life that most people would only dream of. Fortunately, they were willing to coach and mentor Neo if he would make the time. He took them up on their offer, and the rest is history. At the time, little did Neo know that he would someday rewrite history for himself and countless others someday in the future. Well, that someday is now. Welcome to Black Boy from the Barrio Volume 1.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781643348049
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Black Boy from the Barrio is a series of books about Cornelius "Neo" Wright. It's an ongoing saga about an African American man who is living two different lives. The first half of his life was spent doing nonproductive things like partying, watching television, and working on physically demanding jobs. During his mid-thirties, he had a wakeup call and realized that he needed a "check up from the neck up." He found that he was on the same career and life path that his beloved father (who was a farm laborer) had warned him to avoid. In 1994, he was introduced to some local business owners who were living the life that most people would only dream of. Fortunately, they were willing to coach and mentor Neo if he would make the time. He took them up on their offer, and the rest is history. At the time, little did Neo know that he would someday rewrite history for himself and countless others someday in the future. Well, that someday is now. Welcome to Black Boy from the Barrio Volume 1.