,
pioneered Bl c politic 1 inde
pend with Bl Community.
"he lac
profe sional
and busine
class dep nded
for their v ry
survival upon
the Black
working class.
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Ju t U Books, n African
Am rican owned company th t pub
Ii h boo for children that focus on
the African-American experience,
h released NEATE (fM) To The
Re cu , a book written by D bbie
Ch elate. Th n titl launche
erie called EA TE (TM) , which is ..
geared to young adult reader.
NEATE, i n acronym for aimah,
Elizab th, Anthony, Taye ha and
Eddie, five African American teens
who are featured in the Ties.
According to Cheryl Willis Hud
son, publisher and cofounder of JUst
U Books, NEATE (1M) is one of the
first erie for young adult rcade to
feature African American youngsters
th promin nt cham t IS. Hudson
founded J t U along �th her
h b nd Wade.
n ighborho d and attend the same
junior high chool. Hud on aid he
wanted to create characte that are
real, and that are repre entative of the
diverse make-up of Black America.
"One o( the young tees comes
from a ingle-parent hom , one live
with h r mother and rep-farber, and
an ther is from a interracial home,"
aid Hudson.
In this first book erie, the five
friend campaign for the reelecti n of
Naimah's mother to the city council.
It' a bitter truggle between the
re pected woman and her white male
opponent, an unabashed racist who
advocat the re-zoning of voting dis
trict to qu h African American
voting power. Naimahand her friend
launc their own campatgn 6
m th r reelected.
In a recent review, Publisher
W kly said "Chocolate' story
dramatiz the electoral proce ,un
fair' political ta tic and blatant
pr judice, and hould strik a chord
arnon ocially aware youngsters.
The novel' contemplative tone
r nders it a cut above the typical
rna. -rnarket YA offering."
For further information call Just
U B , Inc., (201)-676-4345.
" erie like Sweet Valley High
and Th Ba y Sitter Club Ieatur
white youngste in uburban ettin .
Many African American youn ters
read ok in th e. eric. bc au c
thel have not b en many oth r P:
tions for them. We think NEATE
(TM) will fill a trcmendou void", he
aid.
NATE (TM WA created by
Wade Hud n. The fiv main har -
ters in the erie' live in the arne
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