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Details

Additional authors

1. Robertson, Gil L., IV

Description

1. xii, 321 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. Contains 58 essays by African American men from all walks of life about the effect of AIDS in their lives or communities.

Subject

1. Black or African American
2. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- psychology
3. AIDS (Disease) -- United States
4. HIV infections -- United States.
5. African Americans -- Diseases
6. United States

Contents

1. The facts of HIV and AIDS : plague in the black community / William Yarbo -- Deep from within / Michael J. Burt -- The essays. Time to break the silence / Barbara Lee -- I know the face of AIDS / S.M. Young -- "Sexy" and "safe" aren't mutually exclusive / 3 Blacque Chix -- Who will step up? / Hill Harper -- Ms. Different / Nadia Lataillade -- Reality check ... / Robi Reed -- The power of truth / Al Sharpton -- Standing united behind a cause / Jesse Jackson Jr. -- Living my life with AIDS / Jeffrey D. Robertson -- Sweet-tea ethics : black luv, healthcare, and cultural mistrust / Edward M. Garnes Jr. -- I remember / N. Ali Early -- The way forward / Phill Wilson -- Coping with the loss of my father / Toni Nelson -- AIDS : you better ask somebody! / Mo'nique -- A message to my straight brothers : it's time to talk about our homophobia / Christopher Cathcart -- Acceptance is a good thing / Tramaine Hawkins -- AIDS has no tribe / Josiah Kibira -- A stitch of faith / Dena Gray -- The power of love and honesty in a relationship / Petra Johnson -- Sad news : a reporter's notes on an epidemic / Linda Villarosa -- Life's ups and downs / Patti Labelle -- Celebrity sex crave in the age of AIDS / Omar Tyree -- No more debates / Pernessa C. Seele -- Generations / Regina R. Robertson -- Never judge a book by its cover / M. Brown -- Knowing something, but needing to know more / Diamaan Samba Guèye.
2. From the front lines, and why we are all there / Melvenia Jefferson Guèye -- I have HIV myself / Marvelyn Brown -- AIDS in the black community and me / Ronda Racha Penrice -- Something's gotta give / Mr. Marcus -- Sometimes I cry / Sheryl Lee Ralph -- A crisis in a community / James Benton -- HIV/AIDS and African Americans : reflections of a congresswoman, a physician, and a mother / Donna M. Christensen -- i can't stand the rain / Ivory T. Brown -- Not in my family, not in my house / Nicole Joseph -- The black church : false prophets and wandering sheep / Nathan McCall, Rudolph Byrd -- Shedding secrets / Jeneane Lewis -- As it stands / Eunetta T. Boone -- A revolutionary act / Craig Washington -- Dispelling the myth / Joycelyn Elders -- Love your brother and sisters / Calvin O. Butts III -- Back to the basics / Byron Cage -- 21st-century sex etiquette / Dyana Williams -- Bittersweet memories of a musical legend / Bernadette Brown -- HIV/AIDS : the litmus test for love / Herndon L. Davis -- Greater lessons learned / Alexis Wilson -- Love for a season / Kelley Bass Jackson -- Stand up! / Cleo Manago -- The blueprint my father left / David Horton -- Giving back : the greatest love of all / Rani G. Whitfield -- When love abounds / Deya Smith -- Bearing responsibility / Gregory Meeks -- AIDS in my world / Nancy Mercado -- Not in my church / Cynthia Powell-Hicks, Joanne Powell Lightford -- The last to know / Jasmine Guy -- Family affair / Randall Robinson -- Innocence, love, and loss to AIDS / Shawna C. Ervin -- My shining light / Gil L. Robertson IV.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Language

1. English

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain