Rhythm: Uplifting Quotes from the African American Perspective - Paperback

by Paula Michele Adams (Author)

African Americans have a culture rich in diversity, knowledge, and wisdom. The valuable lessons learned from slavery through the present day will be passed on for generations, many times in the form of quotes, which implore us to expand our minds to reach a higher level of being. Quotes resonate within your soul in a way that opens your world to a whole new outlook. "Rhythm ... Uplifting Quotes from the African American Perspective" highlights inspirational, motivating, and encouraging life lessons from noteworthy African Americans. It takes you on a journey to enlightenment, insight, and self-awareness on a variety of life's most important topics. This collection of quotes is not specific to any one race. All ethnicities can learn from the history, challenges, and obstacles that African Americans have had to endure. In essence, these quotes can aid all cultures into coming together and understanding our community more empathetically.

Author Biography

Born in Copiague, New York, Paula Michele Adams, known as "Twiggy," retired after working 28 years as the District Manager for a predominantly African American Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services Company and relied on positive quotes to get through her day. She has always been intrigued by quotes and gained enormous strength from them. Using them as her daily affirmations, she collected a myriad of thought provoking quotes throughout her life. While attempting to purchase a book that highlighted quotes written by African Americans, she could not locate one. She decided to put pen to paper and compile her personal collection into an inspirational book that would not only expose the profound spirit of African American people but uplift her community and the world. Paula is a published freelance verse writer of greeting cards, calendars and in anthologies for Blue Mountain Arts.