Table of Contents
Prose
“Devil in a Blue Dress and Cinnamon Kiss:
An Exploration of African American Financial
Insecurity and its Impact on
Psychological Development” by Mimi Ferebee 5
“Movin’ on Up: The Social Immobility of the Southern
Plantation and Political Hierarchical System” by Gee Joyner 12
“A Mother’s Love for Her Children: An Analysis of
Margaret Walker’s Jubilee” by Sonya R. Brown 25
Poetry
“Is: Antics of a Black Poet”
“Downtown N’awlins”
“Golden Days”
“Distant Memories”
“A Mississippi Affair” by Mimi Ferebee 33
“Letters from America”
“b3” by Jéanpaul Ferro 40
“I Am”
“The Memorial”
“Birth of a Woman” by Carmen Brown 42
“Slum Dogs and Propaganda Jackals”
“My Country”
“Good Morning President” by Mbizo Chirasha 46
“Damballah”
“The Passage of Lucille”
“Lucille Sketch 2”
“Dear Emily” by Paula Hayes 49
“Recession Cupid”
“The Black Woman’s Buttocks” by Nathan Harper aka Urban Raw 57
“Woman”
“The People” by Ayodele Nzinga 61
“Shoe-icide” by Morenike` 65
“Brooklyn Repubblica”
“Media Coverage”
“Inside the Huddle”
“Free at Last” by Jamy Rosser 67
Fiction
“B Team” by Henry N. “Rusty” Rogers 74
“Becoming Historic” by A. Jarrell Hayes 83
“A Place for Christina” by Adeola Adeniyi 86
“Jojo’s Op-Ed” by Ken Stiggers 93
Contributors’ Bio 95