03159cam a2200457 i 4500 464895632 TxAuBib 20201221120000.0 190129s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019004378 9780807076552 hardcover $18.00 0807076554 hardcover $18.00 TxAuBib rda Perry, Imani, 1972- Breathe : a letter to my sons / Imani Perry. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, [2019] 163 pages ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier This book purchase was made possible by an Anti-Racism Reading Shelf Grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council with Financial Support from Mississippians and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Includes bibliographical references. Fear -- Fly -- Fortune. "Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love--finding beauty and possibility in life--and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition. Perry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools. Breathe offers a broader meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience"-- Provided by publisher. 20201221. Perry, Imani, 1972- African American mothers Biography. African American educators Biography. African American families. African American boys Social conditions. African Americans Social conditions. Racism United States. United States Race relations. Autobiography. Autobiographies. Biography. Biographies. Arney, Kim, text designer.