A Story of Brotherhood New book tells the story of six black males and a friendship that extends beyond a lifetime. True friendship and brotherhood can give meaning to one's life, even after a painful experience where good memories of a once strong bond are the only thing that is left. Such is the story of six men in Jamella A. Jihad's The Summer of '89: A Summer to Remember, an inspirational story released through Xlibris. In a society where color is an issue, equality is rare, and inferiority is a disease. This very ...
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A Story of Brotherhood New book tells the story of six black males and a friendship that extends beyond a lifetime. True friendship and brotherhood can give meaning to one's life, even after a painful experience where good memories of a once strong bond are the only thing that is left. Such is the story of six men in Jamella A. Jihad's The Summer of '89: A Summer to Remember, an inspirational story released through Xlibris. In a society where color is an issue, equality is rare, and inferiority is a disease. This very situation led to the birth of a friendship among a group of African American males determined to help each other depart from the stigma that this society has about black males. Through each other's support, all of them graduated with honors from one of the finest high schools in the state and have been accepted into prestigious colleges. One of the young men reached out to the author as she sleeps, in her dream he asks her to help him tell their story. Over three nights, in 1991 after the birth of her newborn daughter Baiyina Jihad, this young man visits Jamella. "Please help me tell our story." Jamella does not know that she is dreaming, she wakes up, to see a young man sitting on her bed, a frighten Jamella, screamed out "where is my daughter, where is my husband?" The young man said, "Calm down you're dreaming, I need you to write my story please." Jamella knew even before the young man's request that she would write the story. For three nights, the author sits quietly on the side of the bed while her family sleeps. She writes the young me 's story. On the last of the three nights, Jamella finds herself sad; she knows this night will be the last visit from the young man. 'Jamella, thank you for writing our story, I do hope, and believe we will meet again one day." Her reply; "please don't go, we are not finished writing your story, we can't stop now, its almost finished." Jamella was not ready to let go. The young man replied; "God will guide you the rest of the way." It was the last time Jamella saw the young man, Witness how this young man finds meaning in his life by sharing their story through his eyes. An inspirational story about brotherhood an survival, The Summer "89: A Summer to Remember defines for these young men...the foundation of life _ friendship, and love. For more information, log on to ... Xlibris.com.
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