On August 17, Jamaicans celebrated Marcus Garvey Day. It honors a Jamaicanborn political activist, orator, publisher, journalist and entrepreneur who fought for the rights of MarcusAfro-Jamaicans.Garveywas born on August 17, 1887 in Saint Ann’s Bay to a stonemason and a domestic servant. He was a descendant of African slaves. The Irish last name Garvey had been inherited by his forbearers from their former enslavers. The descendants of enslaved Africans formed the lowest level of the Jamaican social hierarchy. Garvey attended a local church school until the age of 14 and then had to work since his parents couldn’t afford to pay for his further education. In 1905, Garvey moved to Kingston in search for a better job. Soon, he joined the trade union movement and took a leading role in the 1908 print workers’ strike.
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When the strike was broken, Garvey was fired and struggled to find a new job, having been branded a troublemaker. As a result, he became increasingly angry at the inequalities present in Jamaican society and joined the National Club, the first nationalist organization in Jamaica. Economic challenges made Garvey leave Jamaica. During the next four years, he traveled through Central America, spent some time in London, and undertook a trip across Europe. Upon his return to Jamaica in 1914, Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), a Pan-African nationalist organization. The ideology of UNIA-ACL was nicknamed Garveyism after the organization’s founder. It centered on the unification and empowerment of African people, the fight against t discrimination and marginalization, and eventual repatriation to the African continent. In 1929, Garvey founded the first modern political party in Jamaica, the People’s Political Party. Six years later, he relocated to London but remained active and worked until his death from stroke in 1940. In 1964, his body was taken to Jamaica and reburied in National Heroes Park in Kingston. Marcus Garvey is considered the first national hero of Jamaica. In 2012, the government of Jamaica created Marcus Garvey Day in honor of his 125th birth anniversary. This memorial day is marked with a wreath-laying ceremony in National Heroes Park, patriotic lessons in schools, concerts, and other events and activities. anydayguide.com/calendarSource: https://anydayguide.com/uploads/events/holidays/commemorates/marcus-garvey-day
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photo/David Joles FILE - Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao, left, and his attorney Robert Paule arrive for sentencing for violating George Floyd’s civil rights outside the Federal Courthouse Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in St. Paul, Minn. Thao and J. Alexander Kueng face a late October trial.
In Minnesota, assuming good behavior, defendants typically serve two-thirds of their sentences in prison and one-third on parole. Frank said plea negotiations began in earnest in May and continued into June. The offers would have dropped the most serious charge of aiding and abetting murder, and the officers’ state time would have run concurrently with the federal sentences. Both defendants confirmed that they understood that the state has now withdrawn its offers. “It’s a standard best practice to make a record in court when the State offers a plea agreement, in order to ensure the defendant’s decision is freely and knowingly made,” Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement afterward. “The defendants have a right to decline the offer and proceed to trial. The State is ready for trial.”
Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing told a judge Monday that they have rejected plea deals that would have resulted in threeyear sentences, setting the stage for trial in October. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. They and Thomas Lane were working with Derek Chauvin when he pinned Floyd’s neck with his knee for more than nine minutes as the 46-year-old Black man said he couldn’t breathe and eventually grew still. The killing, captured on bystander video, sparked protests worldwide and a reckoning on racial injustice. Chauvin, who is white, was convicted of second-degree murder last year and sentenced to 22 1/2 years on the state charge. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill had set a limited window for accepting a plea deal ahead of trial, and Monday’s brief hearing served to formalize the two ex-officers’ rejections of the state’s offers. “It would be lying for me to accept any plea offer,” said Thou, who held back concerned bystanders as Chauvin pinned Floyd. Kueng did not give his reasons for rejecting the state’s offer. Thao, Kueng and Lane were convicted in federal court in February of violating Floyd’s civil rights. Lane, who is white, held Floyd’s legs and twice asked if he should be turned on his side, and was sentenced to 2 1/2 years. Thao, who is Hmong American, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years. Kueng, who is Black, pinned Floyd’s back, and was sentenced to 3 years. Thao and Kueng are appealing their federal convictions. In rejecting the plea agreements, Thao and Keung are risking state sentences that could be significantly longer than their federal sentences if they’re convicted on both counts. Assistant Attorney General Matt Frank pointed out in the hearing that the state’s sentencing guidelines recommend sentences of 12 1/2 years on the murder count and 4 years on the manslaughter count, but that prosecutors have already said they’ll seek longer sentences if they get convictions.
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People often ask why Insight News’ North Minneapolis headquarters is called The Marcus Garvey House. Here’s why. When we purchased the elegant mini-mansion in the 1990’s the building was in a neighborly gentry kind of way, known as the Tara Mansion. We acquired the property to house our family run newspaper business Tara, the fictional plantation found in Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel ‘Gone with the Wind,’ was located near Jonesborough (now Jonesboro), Georgia. As the locale of the final, decisive defeat of the Confederate defenders in the Battle of Jonesborough, Jonesboro and its surrounding farmland realized historical significance. In the novel ‘Gone with the Wind,’ the plantation was founded by Irish immigrant Gerald O’Hara when he won a section (640 acres) of land from its absentee owner during an allnight poker game. Very much an Irish peasant farmer rather than the merchant his elder brothers (whose emigrations to Savannah brought him to Georgia) wanted him to be, Gerald relished the thought of being a planter and gave his mostly wilderness and uncultivated new lands the grandiose name of Tara after the Hill of Tara, once the capitol of the High King of ancient Ireland. He borrowed money from his brothers and bankers to buy slaves and over several years turned the farm into a very successful cotton plantation. (source: andSoobviouslyforcom/askft/Question90959.html)https://www.funtrivia.Slavesandcotton?Thesmugfondnessthehistoricityofslavery,didnotsitrightweus.welookedtoourowncultureheritageto find a suitable name for ourMyproperty.grandfather, Roland McFarlane, and the McFarlane family, originated in St Ann’s Parish, Jamaica. Marcus Garvey was born there in 1887. We can trace our McFarlane lineage in this parish to about 1832 . It is inconceivable to me that there was no connection between the McFarlanes and the Garveys. I cannot imagine my ancestors not being on the front lines of Pan-Africanism and Black liberation, the resistance to the international criminal enterprise of human trafficking and enslavement. And though I do not have direct records of such involvement, I trust the indwelling sensibility that made it plain to me that we should name our facility the Marcus Garvey House, a tribute to African audacity and confidence that continues to bear fruit, globally today.Dr.Karen Hunter and Dr. Gregg Carr, who present “In Class with Carr” on a new social media platform called knarrative.com every Saturday morning, have called on us to know and build on the work of Marcus Garvey, and to support the wishes and work of his son, Marcus Garvey, Jr.,who worked to gain a presidential pardon for his father. Insight News and McFarlane Media join the Garvey family, our companions at knarrative.com inviting our readers networks in the petition for a Pardon for Marcus Garvey from President Joe Biden, erasing the conviction that
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James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a pioneer of the multidisciplinary approach to exploring the African diaspora, died Aug. 6 in Ithaca, New York. He was 82. Nearly 60 years ago, James E. Turner was a young graduate student, husband, father, activist, educator and one of the most influential voices in the Black studies movement. In an early article titled, Black students: A changing perspective, he centered the struggle of Black students to determine the kind of education they believed would most benefit themselves, their families and communities. This Dr. Turner described as “the quest for new values and definitions that are meaningful and appropriate for Black people, and which will give substance and significance to their lives.” He championed student-led activism as essential for achieving a purposeful and culturally relevant educational experience – the kind that affirms human dignity, cultural humility and social justice. Dr. Turner received his undergraduate degree in Sociology and Political Economy from Central Michigan University (magna cum laude), and his graduate degrees from Northwestern University and the Union Graduate School, in Political Sociology and Urbanization and Social Policy. He also earned a certificate for courses taken in African Studies. While some students might have complained about the heavy academic workload, Dr. Turner focused on building his knowledge and skills in the areas of teaching, research and organizing for effective change. An avid reader, he was inspired by the perspectives of Malcolm X, Lerone Bennett, Dr. Gloria Joseph, W.E.B. Dubois, and Dr. Betty Shabazz on issues pertaining to racial solidarity, nation building and Pan-Africanism. At the advice of his Harlem-based mentor, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Turner continued to advance
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African American Leadership Forum Twin Cities (AALF) selected Adair Mosley as the organization’s next Chief Executive Officer. Mosley, who currently serves as Pillsbury United Communities President and CEO will succeed Marcus Owens, previous AALF CEO, on OctoberMosley10. has been with Pillsbury United Communities for 11 years, the last five as CEO. Throughout his tenure, the agency’s budget has grown from $12 million to $16 million. “I am deeply honored to be chosen as the next CEO of the African American Leadership Forum to continue my ambition of driving transformative impact across our state. I believe in the collective power of the Black community and all the potential we hold,” said Mosley. “I look forward to leading fearlessly, unapologetically, and authentically to meet this moment.”Earlier this year, Mosley received national headlines for raising $1 million to provide every student of North High School’s graduating class of 2022 a post-secondary scholarship. He also served instrumental in opening North Market, a full-service grocery store in North Minneapolis. His hiring culminates a fivemonth national search to find the successor to Owens. During that time, Vice President of Administration Shanaya Dungey, and Vice President of Amplification Marc Watts, have served as AALF’s Co-Interim CEOs. “The work we are doing is a critical component of moving the needle and making a broad impact for Black lives in our region. We are visioning and stewarding a new Black experience for our community. Adair’s innovative leadership approach and trailblazing efforts will prove invaluable for AALF to take our current initiatives to the next level,” said Dungey. “This moment in the Twin Cities provides us with a unique opportunity to create a healthy, vibrant, and prosperous future for the MOSLEY 4
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During the hearing, Kueng’s attorney, Thomas Plunkett, said that Ellison at one, unspecified point in the negotiations, offered Kueng a deal that would have resulted in 2 years in prison. Kueng confirmed that Plunkett had told him about the offer, and that they rejected it. Frank did not comment about the purported offer. Thao’s attorney, Robert Paule, said that they, at an unspecified point, proposed a deal for 2 years, but that the state rejected it. Frank said that wasn’t how he recalled the discussions, and that his recollection was that Thao’s offer had included dropping the charges. Neither side elaborated on the discrepancies. The trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 24, with opening statements Nov. 7. Lane avoided a state trial by pleading guilty in May to aiding and abetting seconddegree manslaughter in a deal that calls for a three-year sentence. His sentencing is Sept. 21. Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years on the federal civil rights charge. He remains in the state’s maximum security prison at Oak Park Heights pending his transfer to federal prison. The other three remain free on bail. Associated Press writer Amy Forliti contributed to this story. Find AP’s full coverage of the killing of George Floyd at: https://apnews. com/hub/death-of-george-floyd Thao and Kueng, ex-cops charged in George Floyd killing, reject plea deals Marcus Garvey James E. Turner photo/DJ CA FILE - Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng, left, and his attorney Thomas Plunkett arrive for sentencing for violating George Floyd’s civil rights outside the Federal Courthouse Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in St. Paul, Minn. Tou Thao and Kueng face a late October trial.
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African American community,” said Kevin Lindsey, Chair of AALF’s Board of Directors. “In pairing the talented AALF staff with Adair’s leadership to cultivate the best ideas within our community, AALF is poised to succeed and become a model for metropolitan areas in the United States to emulate.”
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ABOUT African American Leadership Forum Twin Cities Founded in 2006, AALF is regarded as one of the leading Black-led nonprofits in the United States. In 2021 the organization was selected to be the primary steward for United By Black Powered By All, a bold 10-year funding and community solutions initiative designed to close the gaps of racial disparities in Minnesota. Known for its connections to community, leadership development and ability to mobilize its network, AALF’s mission is to improve the lives of African Americans in Minnesota by building a cross-sector network of leaders and institutions that convenes, collaborates, and champions solutions. AALF carries out its work through its proprietary methodology known as Black-Centered Design. More information is available at www. aalftc.org. Contact at info@ aalftc.org.
Prior to being named Pillsbury United’s CEO in 2017, Mosley led as the organization’s Chief Innovation Officer. He serves on the boards of MinnPost, the Center for Economic Inclusion, and the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota.In 2019, Mosley was selected to represent the Twin Cities region at Harvard Business School’s Young American Leaders Program. He has been named by the Grist organization as one of its 50 Fixers—”individuals cooking up the boldest solutions to humanity’s biggest challenges”–and received the Local Legend Award from the General Mills Foundation for the embodiment of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision andCurrently,legacy. Mosley is a candidate for Executive MSc in Cities from the London School of Economics and previously attended the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan’s Executive Leadership Institute. He was an American Express Leadership Fellow in 2014 and earned a certificate in Human Centered Design at Stanford.
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introduction, Stanley states, “When it comes of betting on yourself in life, I think about taking a chance on deciding, taking a risk and having faith to accomplish goals and dreams that your heart desires to do. This can be in areas of your career, business, health, finances, spiritually, or even mentally. But to do that, you must get rid of the fears, doubt, and excuses that keep you bound from moving forward. You can’t take a chance on yourself, if you allow those things to stop you.” Indeed, the vast majority of the time it is we ourselves standing in our own way, and betting on yourself to win in life has a mental and a spiritual component, listening to and trusting God in the process. Stanley outlines this in a fivestep process—1) winning, 2) taking a leap of faith, 3) taking a risk, 4) the 3 P’s (patience, persistence, and perseverance), and 5) staying focus. In addition, it is important to invest in one’s mind and physical health. What are we feeding our mind and spirit on a daily basis? What are we doing to keep our bodies healthy? Bet on Yourself is an interactive book, where Stanley invites the reader to respond to questions she asks during each chapter. All five steps are crucial to win in life. I liked her observation that “God can’t bless us with specific blessings (that are for you) because our way of thinking has not changed.” Likewise, her chapter on “The 3 P’s” resonates powerfully. So many want instant gratification and microwave results, forgetting that great things take time and work, and results operate on God’s time, not ours. Born in El Dorado, Arkansas, CoWano Stanley grew up in Minneapolis. She is the recipient of two undergraduate and two master’s degrees. In 2018, she left the corporate world to become an entrepreneur. Her mission: “to help inspire and encourage others that can accomplish any goal or dream they desire and to bet on yourself.” Bet on Yourself is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and through her website, cowanostanley. com. Thank you, CoWano, for living and exemplifying the hallmarks of a winner and the reminder of trusting God as we follow the process of becoming one.
started thisMarcuspetition. Mosiah Garvey inspired every major black movement of the 20th century. He fought for the liberation of his people. Now it’s time for us to fight for him! Clear his name! Free Marcus Garvey now!Marcus Garvey galvanized a movement of millions spanning the globe. For his efforts, he was a target of the United States government. In 1922, Garvey was arrested and charged with mail fraud. It was widely known to be trumped-up charges. But those charges led to a conviction and a five-year jail sentence. In 1925, a petition was circulated to free Garvey. It got 70,000 signatures, which was enough to pressure President Calvin Coolidge to commute Garvey’s sentence. Coolidge added deportation as a stipulation. Garvey returned to Jamaica, but his name was forever tarnished. You have an opportunity today to help clear his name. Sign this petition and ask President Joe Biden to posthumously pardon Marcus Garvey! (The previous president cleared the name of Jack Johnson before leaving office. Pres. Biden must do the same for Marcus Garvey). Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will! Marcus Garvey Garvey From 3 his understanding of historical analyses of Black lives in diverse settings. Before Mount Pleasant and Evanston, Dr. Turner’s parents Willie Turner, Jr. and Alfrieda Turner had raised their eight children in New York City to value education, Black culture and heritage. When he met Janice Pinkney in adolescence, it became clear that their families held these values in common. Later after they were married, the Turners continued to be impacted by racism and inequities in the city’s education system. Low teacher expectations and the unwillingness of school counselors to share information with Black youth about how to access needed resources were obstacles to pursing a college education. Having become friends with Malcolm X, the Turners shared what they had learned about academic and housing programs for married students at Central Michigan University and their decision to move to Mount Pleasant. As a graduate student at Northwestern, Dr. Turner developed a national reputation as a trusted and skilled organizer of Black students. Also, an effective educator, he received lectureships at Northwestern and the University of Wisconsin. Later, Dr. Turner became an Assistant Professor at the Center for Inner-City Studies at Northeastern Illinois University. These experiences prepared him for success as a Visiting Professor at Saint Peter’s College and the African and Caribbean Studies Center at Fisk University. In 1969, the Cornell University administration invited Dr. Turner to join the faculty where he became the founding director of the Africana Studies and Research Center. His appointment was the result of direct action by Black students who demanded that the university support the inclusion of Black Studies under Dr. Turner’s directorship. During his tenure, he created a space for the kind of intellectual discourse and “specialization of expertise” that students and young professionals had been waiting for. His work focused on designing curriculum; individual and group study opportunities; policy development; and recruiting and mentoring cadres of committed faculty who understood the critical importance of authenticity and truth in the continued development of scholarly work on Black life throughout the African Diaspora. The Center became a hub of education and intellectual productivity where generations of scholars and practitioners interacted and thrived.Dr. Turner treasured the relationships he nurtured with students, their families, colleagues, communities and organizations. He was particularly thrilled to meet multiple generations of students from the same family in some of his classes. Under Dr. Turner’s directorship, the Center became an exemplary model of intellectual excellence for other programs and departments on campuses throughout the U.S. and globally. Dr. Turner was frequently invited by students, faculty, staff, and administrators to consult around the development and sustainability of their academic programs. Temple University’s Center for African American History and Culture (where he was a Visiting Fellow in 1990) and the African American Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh are among the institutions where Dr. Turner was welcomed to share his expertise and support. Through the decades, Dr. Turner developed a program of scholarship that centered his interests in Black Social Movements, Political Sociology, African American Political History and Philosophy, African politics and the Political Economy of African American Social Development.Healso engaged his students in discourses around disparities in education, housing, health and employment, as well as their roles in promoting positive experiences and conditions within their families and communities. His publications include contributions to the Cornell Review, the Western Journal of Black Studies, Black Books and Bulletin, the Journal of Negro Education, Black World, The Black Scholar, Studia Africana, The Black Collegian, Journal of Black Studies, and the Journal of American Ethnic History. The book he edited, The Next Decade: Theoretical and Research Issues in Africana Studies is widely regarded as seminal in the field. Dr. Turner also served as a consultant on award winning media projects including the widely acclaimed, Eyes on the Prize television series. Concerned about the historical challenges that Black women in academia faced when it came to promoting their work, Dr. Turner developed the vision and direction for two Africana Center sponsored summer institutes that focused on critical theory, the work of Black women scholars and Africana Studies. In 2002, the first Institute was titled, Holding Up Both Ends of the Sky: Engendering Africana Studies and received funding from the Ford Foundation. Due to its overwhelming success, Dr. Turner convened a second Institute in 2003. Institute scholars and fellows represented diverse college and university campuses.In 2002, among the scholars were Dr. Sharon Harley, Dr. N’Dri T. AssieLumumba, Dr. Delores Aldridge, Dr. Anne Adams, Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Dr. V.P. Franklin, Dr. Eleanor W. Traylor, and Dr. Margaret Washington. In 2003, fellows were affiliated with such institutions as Dillard University, Clark Atlanta University, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Harvard, Northern Illinois University and the University of California, Berkeley, just to name a few. In addition to his teaching and scholarly work, Dr. Turner worked closely with students, colleagues and communities to effect positive change regarding social justice concerns. He was a fierce opponent of the apartheid systems in South Africa and the U.S. and worked with campus allies to educate the public around key concepts and push for the divestment of corporate interests and funding in South Africa. He was the founding member of the Board of Directors of Trans Africa Forum and Chairperson of the National Malcolm X Commemoration Commission. Dr. Turner also held leadership roles in the National Council of Black Studies and the African Heritage Studies Association. He was an active participant and supporter of many other organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the National Black Child Development Institute, Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations, the National Alliance of Black School Educators and the National Association of Black Social Workers. In the Ithaca area, Dr. Turner served on numerous community boards and supported the work of local educators, practitioners and leaders who were committed to anti-racist practices, healthy youth development, and community wellbeing. He was enormously proud to be affiliated with all who advocated for these important issues, such as the Community Leaders of Color (CLOC), the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), the Southside Community Center and the team responsible for the J. Diann Sams African American History Month Recognition Award. Dr. Turner was passionate about the importance of lifelong learning, particularly when it came to studying African history and culture. He traveled worldwide to learn about the experiences of Black people in Africa, South America, Europe and the Caribbean from academic counterparts and everyday people in urban areas and rural villages. Dr. Turner received invitations to present at numerous international conferences, community gatherings and traditional ceremonies. As part of his leadership responsibilities at the Sixth Pan African Congress at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1974, he introduced a delegation of students and faculty from the Africana Center. While in Tanzania the group learned about the experiences of community members from their own voices, participated in intercultural learning activities and formed new relationships. Home, online condolences can be left at IthacaAugustbangsfuneralhome.comwww.Postedonlineon12,2022PublishedinTheJournal
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Bet on Yourself By CoWano Stanley When we usually hear about betting, we think of gambling casinos, horse racing, dog racing, the lottery, and the like. But what about when it comes to betting on yourself in life? This is the soul-searching question CoWano Stanley addresses in her book Bet on Yourself: 5 Approaches to Winning. In her opening
sought to besmirch his character, denigrate the aspirations of African people, dismiss the visionary organizing genius of African people, while justifying and elevating white supremacist thought, policies, practices and intuitions.Join us in signing the petition to pardon Marcus Garvey. Go to garveyunited-states-pardon-marcus-change.org/p/president-of-the-https://www.Dr.KarenHunter
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All He Desires By BrendaThat’sJackson right, fullfigured sistahs have it going on. I read once something online that said, “It takes a real man to handle these curves.” And bestselling romance author Brenda Jackson proves that to be the case among her novels. That being said, I bring to you the second installment of her All He Desires collection, Tempting Fate Justice Manning is the owner of a temp agency. The rampant divorce rate in her family has left her with commitmentphobia, causing her to turn down the marriage proposal of her boyfriend of two years. Over a year later, while meeting with her BFF Tonya Savoy, she receives an invitation to his wedding. Despite the fact she refused his offer of marriage, the news still upsets her, feeling her family is Blakecursed.Savoy is a photojournalist, whose photo essays have gained world renown. His personal life is a different story, having traveled around the world for his work only to come home to a cheating wife. Now divorced, it has been well over a year since he has been involved and/or intimate with a woman.Through a lastminute change in plans, Justice reluctantly agrees to do a photo shoot for Tonya’s internet business Tonya’s Temptations, a boutique of sexy lingerie specifically designed for fullfigured women to highlight their sex appeal, sensuality, and femininity. Through Tonya’s powers of persuasion and pushing the family loyalty envelope, guess who winds up as the reluctant photographer? When Blake first lays eyes on voluptuous, stacked, curvy Justice, it’s desire at first sight. When Justice sees hot, handsome, manly Blake, her body aches from a year of doing without. Will Blake overcome his trust issues brought on by betrayal? Will Justice lay her commitment issues to rest? Will love and their powerful chemistry conquer all? Tempting Fate brings us Jackson’s amazing way of giving us characters readers care about while turning up the heat-before they even touch each other. Though Justice and Blake deny they want commitment for different reasons, love finds a way, and they realize that certain special something about one another, the power of love at first sight. In addition, friendship and family play a pivotal role in the story, as evidenced by BFFs Tonya Savoy and Bryan Manning and the wisdom of matriarch Thelma Savoy. All He Desires is available through Madaris Publishing Company, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. Once again, I give a hat tip to Brenda Jackson for showing that a full-figured sistah can more than hold her own when it comes to love, passion, and desire. Stay tuned for the third installment of All He Desires, The Perfect Seduction.
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