Sunday, December 21, 2008

Urban Stories and Struggles

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CHECKERED FENCES
This book is based upon my personal experiences with an interracial relationship in the 60's and 70's. It also deals with other issues such as racism, domestic violence, race relations, political and social change, and diversity. It's not a hate story. It's a love story.
You can also hear me on my first radio interview at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Checkered-Fences/2009/04/28/Alma-Hudson-Author-of-Checkered-Fences. I'm also on E-Book. Check it out on my author's website at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/CheckeredFences.html.
The Trouble With Change
I wrote my second based upon my personal experiences with sexual and domestic violence. "The Trouble With Change" is a crime story filled with suspense. Why don't you check it out. http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheTroubleWithChange.html.
HERE'S a TIMELINE of BLACK HISTORY
1793 - Fugitive Slave Act, George Washington (1789 to 1797) was president.
1793 - Eli Whitney invents cotton gin reviving dying slave economy of South, George Washington (1789 to 1797) was president.
1808 - Congress prohibits importing of African slaves, Thomas Jefferson (1801 t0 1809) was president.
1834 - Slavery abolished in British Empire, Andrew Jackson ( 1829 to 1837), was president.
1854 - Republican Party formed for abolition slavery, Franklin Pierce (1853 to 1857) was president.
1857 - Dred Scott decision, James Buchanan (1857 to 1861) was president.
1863 - Abraham Lincoln (1861 to 1865) issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln assassinated.
1865 to 1877 - Reconstruction in old South. Andrew Jackson (1865 t0 1869) and Ulysses S. Grant (1869 to 1877) were presidents.
1884 to 1885 - 15 European nations partition African for "spheres of influence", James Garfield (1881) and Chester Arthur (1881 to 1885).
1896 - Supreme Court rules "separate but equal" legal, Grover Cleveland (1893 to 1897) was president.
1909 - NAACP in NYC, William H. Taft (1909 to 1913) was president.
1915 - D. W. Griffith directs "Birth of a Nation", Woodrow Wilson (1913 to 1921) was president. 1917 - Blacks migrate north and west, Woodrow Wilson ( 1913 to 1921) was president.
1955 - Blacks boycott buses in Montgomery, Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 to 1961) was president.
1955 - Supreme Courts orders school desegregation, Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 to 1961 ) was president.
1960 to 65 - Civil Rights movement, John F. Kennedy (1961 to 1963) and Lyndon Johnson (1963 to 1965) were presidents.
1963 - President John F. Kennedy assassinated (1961 to 1963).
1964 - Civil Rights Act restores tribal law to reservations, Lyndon Johnson (1963 to 1965) was president.
1965 to 70 - Demonstrations against Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson (1963 to 1965) and Richard Nixon (1965 to 1974) were presidents.
1966 to 69 - Hippie movement, Richard Nixon (1965 to 1974) was president.
1980's - "War on Drugs" jails one-fifth of young black men, Ronald Regan (1981 to 1989) was president.
1984 - Rap music, Ronald Regan (1981 to 1989) was president.
1990 to 1993 - South Africa accepts racial equality, George Bush was president (1989 to 1993).
1996 - Welfare reform, William, J. Clinton (1993 to 2001) was president.
2009 - Our First black president Barack Obama (2009 - ).