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Tag: Miss Jessies

#Books+Black Hair: Miss Jessie’s

Feb 8, 2016

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Lori Tharps

in Black Hair, Books in Color

Hello Meltingpot Readers, For today’s entry in our list of Black History Month books about Black hair, I present, Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch – Naturally by Miko Branch with Titi Branch. Now people, please note, so far I’ve not had to venture any farther than my own private bookshelves to come…
Essence Magazine’s May Book Picks: A Meltingpot Dream

Apr 22, 2015

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Lori Tharps

in Books in Color, Get Lit(erary)!, Pop Culture, Same Family, Different Colors

Hello Meltingpot Readers, When you think of Ms. Meltingpot’s favorite things, you know books, Black hair, and multi-culti family life are all on the list right? Well, it’s like Essence magazine Books Editor, Patrick Bass was thinking only about me when he chose what books to feature in the May issue of the magazine. Seriously,…