Henry Nehemiah Cooper, M.D. (1927 - 1984) was a well-respected and beloved physician in his home country of Liberia and in the United States. He was a graduate of the College of West Africa, Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He served as Resident Surgeon at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York City and later as Chief Medical Officer, John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia. He founded the famed Cooper Clinic in Sinkor, Monrovia. The Return of the Guinea Fowl is the autobiographical novel Dr. Cooper wrote once he and his family settled in the United States following Liberia's 1980 coup d'etat. He relates the intriguing story of Dr. John Bowers, a member of the Gola tribe. The novel follows his memorable childhood, U.S. college and medical training, and distinguished medical career in two countries. Through Dr. Bowers' eyes, we experience America as an African man. We experience his compassion for his patients and family. The Return of the Guinea Fowl also includes a biographical sketch of Dr. Cooper's life and accomplishments through an essay by his wife, Izetta Roberts Cooper, photographic reflections, memorial tributes and more

Martha Ann is twelve years old when Papa finally saves enough money to purchase her freedom from slavery. In 1830, the family leaves east Tennessee to begin a new life in Liberia. On market days, Martha Ann watches the British navy patrolling the Liberian coast to stop slave catchers from kidnapping her family and friends and forcing them back into slavery. Martha Ann decides to thank Queen Victoria in person for sending the navy. But first, she must determine how to make the 3,500-mile voyage to England, find a suitable gift for the Queen, and withstand the ridicule of family and friends who learn of her impossible dream. Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria is the true story of Martha Ann Ricks, an ex-slave who spent fifty years saving spare coins to fulfill her dream of meeting the Queen of England.

Be a quilt artist + author If you know how to use Microsoft Word, have Internet access, and a dozen or more images of your artwork, YOU CAN make your own art catalog. This workbook will show you step-by-step how to concept, layout, write, publish and promote a 24-page or 36-page full-color paperback art catalog. You will also learn how to have your catalog available on Amazon.com, the largest online bookstore. This workbook is specially designed for quilters, quilt historians, textile artists, guilds, and gallery owners.

1.6 Million African American Quilters is a handy, eye-opening booklet about today's Black quilt makers: Latest quilt industry figures, including number of Black quilters nationally; most comprehensive resource of websites, blogs, and YouTube videos featuring African American quilters and guilds. Also included in the more than 270 references are selected textile artists, doll makers, fabric designers, and quilters from the African diaspora; six afro-centrically designed art quilt blocks by Washington, D.C. artist Francine Haskins; and bibliographic references, many annotated, for selected books, articles, exhibit catalogs, dissertations, papers, and films about Black quilters.

Martha Ann tiene 12 anos de edad cuando Papa logra reunir el dinero suficiente para librarla de la esclavitud. En 1830, la familia entera abandona el este de Tennessee para comenzar una vida nueva en Liberia. En los dias de mercado, Martha Ann contempla los barcos de la marina britanica que patrullan la costa liberiana para impedir que los cazadores de esclavos secuestren a su familia y amigos y les devuelvan a la esclavitud. Martha Ann decide dar personalmente las gracias a la reina Victoria por haber enviado a la marina. Pero primero tendra que hallar el modo de recorrer las 3500 millas que la separan de Inglaterra, idear un regalo apropiado para la Reina y soportar las burlas de los familiares y amigos que descubren su sueno inalcanzable. La colcha de Martha Ann para la reina Victoria es la historia real de Martha Ann Ricks, una ex esclava que paso cincuenta anos de su vida guardando monedas sueltas para poder cumplir su sueno de conocer a la Reina de Inglaterra.