It's Good to Be Black

Is It Good To Be Black? To Ruby Berkley Goodwin It Was....the Black She Writes About Has Nothing To Do With Skin Color, But It Does Have A Great Deal To Do With Self Images, Values, Spiritual Strength, And Most Of All Love. Unlike The Contradicting Definitions Of Blackness We See Reflected In Today's Crime Statistics, Movies, Television, Newspapers, Political Speeches, Advertisements, And Sociological Reports, Ruby Berkley Goodwin's Definition Of Blackness Is Simple And To The Point: Black Is Good. It's Good To Be Black Is More Than The Story (history) Of A Black Family Living In Du Quoin, Illinois, During The Early 1900s; It Is A Reaffirmation For All Of Us Who Know In Our Hearts That There Is Still Good In The World And That Some Of That Good Is Black. Forewords To The Sixtieth-anniversary Edition / Beverly J. Goodwin, Stephanie G. Goodwin, Carmen K. Wadley, And Leah B. Goodwin -- Du Quoin, Illinois -- As A Fruitful Vine -- Cousin Frankie -- The Black Man's Strength -- Before Our Time -- Sunday Morning -- We Become A Race Of Champions -- When The Black Spider Crawled -- We Witness A Hanging -- And May The Best Man Win -- Carnival Time -- Echoes Of Algiers -- I've Never Seen Uncle Tom's Cabin -- The Stranger Within Our Gates -- We Attend A Baptizing -- Strike! -- Miracle On Smoke Row -- Balancing The Score -- Living Is Fun -- A Bishop Visits Our City -- Davis' Mine Goes On A Rampage -- Dad Converts A Socialist -- Almost -- Our Pioneers In Race Relations -- The Ugly Mask Of Fear -- Black And Powerful. Ruby Berkley Goodwin.