Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair

As the years pass, her family and neighborhood are changed by the times, from the War on Poverty to race riots and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., from 'Black Is Beautiful' to Black Power. In this hilarious and insightful coming-of-age novel, author April Sinclair introduces the charming Jean 'Stevie' Stevenson, a young woman raised on Chicago's South Side during an era of irrevocable social upheaval.Ĭurious and witty, bold but naive, Stevie grows up debating the qualities of good hair and dark skin. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo 'A funny, fresh novel about growing up African-American in 1960s Chicago' by an author who 'writes like Terry McMillan's kid sister' (Entertainment Weekly). As readers follow Stevie’s at times harrowing, at times hilarious story, they will learn what it was like to be black before black was beautiful.Also available on eBook for £6.99. April Sinclair writes frankly about a young black woman’s sexuality, and about the confusion Stevie faces when she realizes she’s more attracted to the school nurse–who is white–than her teenage boyfriend. King she gains a new political awareness, which makes her decide to wear her hair in a ‘fro instead of straightened, to refuse to use skin bleach, and to confront the prejudice she observes in blacks as well as whites. Fighting her mother every step of the way, she begins to experiment with talkin’ trash, “kicking butt,” and boys. Stevie is a bookworm, yet she longs to fit in with the cool crowd.

The novel opens at a time when, for black families, seeing a black person on television was an event when expressions like “I don’t want nothing black but a Cadillac” and “Coffee will make you black” were handed down from one generation to the next without comment.

The novel opens at a time when, for black families, seeing a black person on television was an event when expressions like “I don’t want nothing black Set on Chicago’s Southside in the mid-to-late 60s, Coffee Will Make You Black is the moving and entertaining tale of Jean “Stevie” Stevenson, a young black woman growing up through the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Set on Chicago’s Southside in the mid-to-late 60s, Coffee Will Make You Black is the moving and entertaining tale of Jean “Stevie” Stevenson, a young black woman growing up through the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. You can read this before Coffee Will Make You Black PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Coffee Will Make You Black written by April Sinclair which was published in 1995–. Brief Summary of Book: Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair