Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father

Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a FatherA deeply personal exploration of fatherhood, addiction, and resiliency from Craig Melvin, news anchor of NBCs Today show. For Craig Melvin this book is more an investigation than a memoir. It's an opportunity to better understand his father; to interrogate his family's legacy of addiction and despair but also transformation and redemption; and to explore the challenges facing all dads including Craig himself, a father of two young children. Growing up

as the continent neared century's end

- Earrings

This volume includes essays on postcolonial literature

Aggressive law enforcement is devastating women of color and their communities

something we may not recognize we need

and anyone concerned with world issues

their stories remind us that attitudes change from one generation to the next and one child at a time

and verve of African-American women and their hats in magnificent photos and engaging essays

IDs and even business cards

Parks and Ellison collaborated on two historic photo-essays

This fascinating and relevant interdisciplinary book is the result of personal histories of service and research that have now spanned nearly five decades

How important is race to the idea of community