Nikki Brown

This one-volume reference work examines a broad range of topics related to the establishment, maintenance, and eventual dismantling of the discriminatory system known as Jim Crow. Many Americans imagine that African Americans' struggle to achieve equal rights has advanced in a linear fashion from the end of slavery until the present. In reality, for more than six decades, African Americans had their civil rights and basic human rights systematically denied in much of the nation. Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic sheds new light on how the systematic denigration of African Americans after slavery—known collectively as "Jim Crow"—was established, maintained, and eventually dismantled. Written in a manner appropriate for high school and junior high students as well as undergraduate readers, this book examines the period of Jim Crow after slavery that is often overlooked in American history curricula. An introductory essay frames the work and explains the significance and scope of this regrettable period in American history. Written by experts in their fields, the accessible entries will enable readers to understand the long hard road before the inception of the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th century while also gaining a better understanding of the experiences of minorities in the United States—African Americans, in particular.

*******This is a RE-RELEASE******** Complete Standalone Novel Vexed, guarded, and full of hate, in a world filled with lies, deceit and drama Vexler "Vex" Streets was raised to be loyal before anything else, but he soon finds out that not everyone is cut from the same cloth. After losing everything and everyone that was important to him, Vex is back on the streets and ready to live the life he's always wanted. With a cold heart and revenge on his mind will he be able to push through the past or will he get sucked back into the same hole he just crawled out of. Majesti Messenger has always put her family first in every aspect of her life, even when they criticize her at every turn. When she is forced to choose between their approval or the one thing she's never had, love, which way will her heart sway? Will she choose her family, or will she finally break free from their grasp and do what's best for her?Mythias "Myth" Vargas, the prince of the Vargas Cartel has one thing on his mind, getting money. When Belicia, the woman he thought he would spend the rest of his life with, leaves him high and dry he builds a wall around his heart. He's content with his life until he crosses paths with the sassy Henli, will she have what it takes to break through the barriers of his heart or will her own secrets keep their hearts from connecting. Henli Banks has always been independent and head strong, doing whatever it takes to survive in such a harsh world, even if it means compromising her dignity. After finally accomplishing what she set out to do, she's ready to cut her dead weight, also known as her boyfriend Zuke, and move on to bigger and better things. The only problem is that her sketchy past just might prevent her happily ever after.It seems like the past always comes back to haunt this crew in one way or another, but when their past threatens the success of their future they have to find a way to get ahead of it. Will the secrets and drama swallow them whole or will they find their way to love?

Christmas for the last three years has been nothing but a reminder of everything Nickolas Saint has lost. Everything about this time of year puts him in a funk and just when he's about to allow his depression to settle in, Christmas brings him Hope. Hope Holiday is a woman who will do anything for her children even if that anything means taking what doesn't belong to her. When she's faced with the consequences of her actions, she's forced to make a deal with the modern day Scrooge. Will her debt be the only thing she has to pay?

The one thing that True always wanted was a family that he could call his own. Growing up with two loving parents and being shown what love was, he wanted to be able to share that with someone else. He thought he had that when he met Angel, until she showed him just how wrong he was. Angel's deception placed a lock on his heart until he runs into a friend from his childhood and old feelings arise. The only issue is she's going through a storm of her own. Can he be what she needs or will the effects of what he's been through interfere with what he needs to be for her. Kalari is living the simple life. She's running a successful business with her sister and spending all the time she can with the man she loves, Dalon. Everything in her world is perfect until someone walks in and shakes things up for her leaving her confused and broken hearted. Just when she thinks love is no longer in the cards for her, True comes along and gives her everything that she never knew she needed. Will Dalon allow her to move on without him? Or will Kalari become a victim of his selfish wrath. A second chance at love can either make or break you. In this standalone novel, True and Kalari figure out how to navigate love through heartbreak and deceit. While Kalari finds out what it truly means to possess The Heart Of A Bad Boy.

There are still moments where women cant be brutally honest and are scared, hopeless, or tired. All of what makes up a woman in her valley or standing proudly at the peak of her accomplishment is here. It is truthful, bold, a celebration on paper of all of us: the married, the single, the in-between, the having fun, the worker, the thinker, the undefined. These are our stories.

This one-volume reference work examines a broad range of topics related to the establishment, maintenance, and eventual dismantling of the discriminatory system known as Jim Crow.Many Americans imagine that African Americans' struggle to achieve equal rights has advanced in a linear fashion from the end of slavery until the present. In reality, for more than six decades, African Americans had their civil rights and basic human rights systematically denied in much of the nation. Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic sheds new light on how the systematic denigration of African Americans after slavery—known collectively as "Jim Crow"—was established, maintained, and eventually dismantled.Written in a manner appropriate for high school and junior high students as well as undergraduate readers, this book examines the period of Jim Crow after slavery that is often overlooked in American history curricula. An introductory essay frames the work and explains the significance and scope of this regrettable period in American history. Written by experts in their fields, the accessible entries will enable readers to understand the long hard road before the inception of the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th century while also gaining a better understanding of the experiences of minorities in the United States—African Americans, in particular.