Sweeter Than Honey in the HoneycombBy: Antoinette Jackson“We all need to examine ourselves in the mirror of God’s Word.”I have written this book to help us advance to our inner-selves. It will assist us all to see ourselves as we are and guide us to apply more truths as we interact with each scriptural passage. By journaling our entries, we will gain a fresh opportunity to reexamine our nature. This is an occasion to polish our ways and form new habits with God. Thr...

Taking Off the MaskBy: Antoinette Jackson Get ready to experience a journey to living an authentic life and a life of freedom from behind the mask with Antoinette Jackson.Antoinette realized she was wearing a mask in her twenties. From childhood to adulthood, through pain, rape, abuse, and disappointments, layer by layer she became comfortable in being disguised by her masks. She wasn’t willing to let go until there was a spiritual awakening through hearing and apply...

Diamond Girl is about an entrepreneur, business woman and fashion designer named Calandra Norway. She's known as one of the best fashion designers in the state of Michigan (locally). She was granted an opportunity to debut her clothing line in the New York City Runway Show on TV. Calandra is excited as ever she goes through the trials and tribulations to break through in the fashion industry. Along the way, she runs into a former male school mate and her ex-boyfriend. The drama and romance...

Grave sites not only offer the contemporary viewer the physical markers of those remembered but also a wealth of information about the era in which the cemeteries were created. These markers hold keys to our historical past and allow an entry point of interrogation about who is represented, as well as how and why.Grave History is the first volume to use southern cemeteries to interrogate and analyze southern society and the construction of racial and gendered hierarchies f...

This edited collection examines the means to create, maintain, and enhance welcoming colleges and universities in the United States and abroad with personal accounts, case studies, models, programs, and other frameworks written by practitioners in higher education. The contributors explain how they have created inviting classrooms; established friendly educational experiences both within and beyond the classroom; engaged faculty and enhanced the teaching experience; and developed instrumen...

Heritage, Tourism, and Race views heritage and leisure tourism in the Americas through the lens of race, and is especially concerned with redressing gaps in recognizing and critically accounting for African Americans as an underrepresented community in leisure.Fostering critical public discussions about heritage, travel, tourism, leisure, and race, Jackson addresses the underrepresentation of African American leisure experiences and links Black experiences in this area to ...

Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States’ histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with the toxic and torturous legacies of American racism?Slavery’s Descendants brin...

Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic unveiling and recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memories. Jackson uses both ethnographic and ethnohistorical data to show the various ways African Americans actively created and maintained their own heritage and cultural formations. Viewed through...

Toni Moreau has spent the last decade trying to keep her head above water. Her formative years were spent in and out of foster care. So far, her adulthood has been a matter of basic survival and, as far as her experiences with romance—well, they were simply non-existent. She has decided that the only person looking out for Toni is Toni. And that the only way to protect herself is to avoid all emotions and be the most mature grown-up she can be.  Judah Jackson has oth...

"'I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me,' says the Lord Almighty." - 2 Corinthians 6:18Dad, a daughter's first love?For many of us, this love has been tainted or unmet.The father-daughter relationship is one that we all desire. Due to life's circumstances, our experiences have left us jaded and scarred. When we've been hurt, abandoned, or feel unfulfilled, we move forward just trying to cope. The great news is there is One who desires to love ...