Somebodyness: Knowing Your Greatness

By Tasha Patrice Carter

Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King's use of the term "somebodyness" in his speeches and books, I deemed it to be the perfect title for these pages of critical information imprinting the greatness, the battles, the tenacity of Black people. Reflecting back on my childhood education and observing the education of today's black youth I felt that we were robbed a great deal of learning an insurmountable depth of Black history. This book introduces the immense greatness of some unknown faces and unheard names and events. It provides a deeper position of brilliance and leadership among the immeasurable struggle of Blacks throughout time in America. It details the short stories of some courageous thinkers and fighters. In slavery, the Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights, Black people have persevered and withstood some of the greatest hardships and gallantly gave themselves to secure the betterment of the Black Race. With creativity, intelligence and an undying will they endured the dangers of racism, its evilness, immorality, terror and oppression, to proclaim their humanity and redeem their rights. This information allows the reader to unveil the true greatness of Black life and understand its painful, yet dignified position. It would be easy to say that these stories have been forgotten, except that they have never been told. An average education of a Black child was and still is, absent of the various representation of excellence, heroics, leadership, sacrifice, value and a remarkable sense of somebodyness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1098582764
• ISBN13: 9781098582760
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"