,
pioneered Bl c politic 1 inde­
pend with Bl Community.
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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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