The Resource My seven Black fathers : a young activist's memoir of race, family, and the mentors who made him whole, Will Jawando
My seven Black fathers : a young activist's memoir of race, family, and the mentors who made him whole, Will Jawando
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The item My seven Black fathers : a young activist's memoir of race, family, and the mentors who made him whole, Will Jawando represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
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- Summary
- A memoir by the lawyer, activist, and county councilman Will Jawando. Will Jawando tells a deeply affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized. As a boy growing up outside DC, Will, who went by his Nigerian name, Yemi, was shunted from school to school, never quite fitting in. He was a Black kid with a divorced white mother, a frayed relationship with his biological father, and teachers who scolded him for being disruptive in class and on the playground. Eventually, he became close to Kalfani, a kid he looked up to on the basketball court. Years after he got the call telling him that Kalfani was dead, another sickening casualty of gun violence, Will looks back on the relationships with an extraordinary series of mentors that enabled him to thrive. Without the influence of these men, Will knows he would not be who he is today: a civil rights and education policy attorney, a civic leader, a husband, and a father. Drawing on Will's inspiring personal story and involvement in My Brother's Keeper, President Obama's national initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps facing boys and young men of color, My Seven Black Fathers offers a transformative way for Black men to shape the next generation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 231 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374604875
- Label
- My seven Black fathers : a young activist's memoir of race, family, and the mentors who made him whole
- Title
- My seven Black fathers
- Title remainder
- a young activist's memoir of race, family, and the mentors who made him whole
- Statement of responsibility
- Will Jawando
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Maryland -- Social conditions
- Autobiographies
- Jawando, Will, 1983- -- Childhood and youth
- Montgomery County (Md.) -- Biography
- African American men -- Maryland | Montgomery County -- Biography
- Role models -- Maryland -- Biography
- Nigerian Americans -- Maryland -- Biography
- African Americans -- Maryland -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A memoir by the lawyer, activist, and county councilman Will Jawando. Will Jawando tells a deeply affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized. As a boy growing up outside DC, Will, who went by his Nigerian name, Yemi, was shunted from school to school, never quite fitting in. He was a Black kid with a divorced white mother, a frayed relationship with his biological father, and teachers who scolded him for being disruptive in class and on the playground. Eventually, he became close to Kalfani, a kid he looked up to on the basketball court. Years after he got the call telling him that Kalfani was dead, another sickening casualty of gun violence, Will looks back on the relationships with an extraordinary series of mentors that enabled him to thrive. Without the influence of these men, Will knows he would not be who he is today: a civil rights and education policy attorney, a civic leader, a husband, and a father. Drawing on Will's inspiring personal story and involvement in My Brother's Keeper, President Obama's national initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps facing boys and young men of color, My Seven Black Fathers offers a transformative way for Black men to shape the next generation
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1983-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jawando, Will
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jawando, Will
- African American men
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Role models
- Nigerian Americans
- Montgomery County (Md.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- My seven Black fathers : a young activist's memoir of race, family, and the mentors who made him whole, Will Jawando
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251938972
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 231 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780374604875
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- My seven Black fathers : a young activist's memoir of race, family, and the mentors who made him whole, Will Jawando
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251938972
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 231 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780374604875
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- African Americans -- Maryland -- Social conditions
- Autobiographies
- Jawando, Will, 1983- -- Childhood and youth
- Montgomery County (Md.) -- Biography
- African American men -- Maryland | Montgomery County -- Biography
- Role models -- Maryland -- Biography
- Nigerian Americans -- Maryland -- Biography
- African Americans -- Maryland -- Biography
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