![]() ![]() Illustrations illustrations Index no index present LC call number F189. Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore, by Lawrence Patrick Jackson. Mighty Inside by Sundee Frazier is the Cooperative Children’s Book Center ‘s Book of the Week. Madison Butler of the Black Speakers Collection is featured in Forbes. ![]() ![]() Serendipity CEO Regina Brooks is interviewed on Musings with Jo Muse. adapted from back coverīiography type autobiography Cataloging source NjBwBT Jackson, Lawrence Patrick Dewey number Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore by Lawrence Jackson receives a starred review from Kirkus. His essays examine a personal, spiritual, and civil history that captures the absurdity of American life. His neighborhood was largely white, and built on racial covenants. Here he describes his struggle to make a home in the city that had just been convulsed by the uprising that followed the murder of Freddie Gray. When Jackson accepted a new teaching job in Baltimore in 2016, he searched for schools for his son and bought a house.Touching upon such topics as fatherhood, race, and faith, this collection of essays describes the author's struggles in 2016 to make a home in Baltimore, a place that eventually became the foundation for him to explore his personal and spiritual history, as well as the city's untold stories.Baltimore (Md.) - Social conditions - 21st century.African Americans - Maryland | Baltimore - Biography.Label Shelter : a black tale of Homeland, Baltimore Title Shelter Title remainder a black tale of Homeland, Baltimore Statement of responsibility Lawrence Jackson Creator ![]()
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