05345cam a2200481 i 4500 606871864 TxAuBib 20221007120000.0 220119s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022930901 9781736911273 paperback 1736911279 paperback TxAuBib rda Jarrell, Reginald D.,. 31 days (nights) : memoir of living black in America / Reginald D. Jarrell. Thirty-one days (nights.) 31 essays. Wichita, KS : Blue Cedar Press, 2022. 122 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Addition cover subtitle: 31 essays. Note on Historical Context -- Introduction -- Day 1: Beginnings: 1960s-70's (Wichita, Kansas) -- Day 2: The "N" Word: 1960's (Muskogee, Oklahoma) -- Day 3: "Special Visitors" and Sunday Church: 1960's (Wichita) -- Day 4: Aunt's Voice: 1960's (Wichita) -- Day 5: Names: Sticks and Stones: 1969-72 (Wichita) -- Day 6: Mrs. Reed/Mayberry Hall Monitor: 1969-72 (Wichita) -- Day 7: Victory: Mr. Student Council President: 1971-72 (Wichita) -- Day 8: West High Senior/Football: 1974-75 (Wichita) -- Day 9: Racial Profiling--DWB/First Time: 1974-75 (Wichita) -- Day 10: A.U. [American University] and the "N" Word: 1977-78 (Washington, D.C.) -- Day 11: Two Women and A.U.: 1977-78 (Washington, D.C.) -- Day 12 Broadcasting/KAKE: 1978 (Wichita) -- Day 13: Jack Shelley, Iowa State and WOI-TV: 1979-80 (Ames/Des Moines) -- Day 14: Apartment Search: 1980 (Des Moines) -- Day 15 S.U.N.O [Southern University at New Orleans) and African Students: 1983-84 (New Orleans) -- Day 16: The Parade: 1988-90 (Quad Cities) -- Day 17: Stranger, Coach, Mentor, Friend--Jerry Goodmon, Sr: 1970-2022 (Wichita) -- Day 18: The Judge: 1987-88 (Rock Island, Illinois) -- Day 19: Walking Diamond: 1988-91 (Davenport, Iowa) -- Day 20: Prairie State--Mr. Man: 1990-92 (Rock Island, Illinois) -- Day 21: The College President: 1997-98 (Quad Cities) -- Day 22: Obama Wins: 2008 (Berkeley, California) -- Day 23: Invisible at the Buffet: 2012-20 (Wichita) -- Day 24: No Discount on Grace or Store Kindness: 2012-Current (Wichita) -- Day 25: Mr. Walmart Greeter: 2012-20 (Wichita) -- Day 26: Oil Price Check and Bias: 2012-20 (Wichita) -- Day 27: Voting Rights: 2012-Current (Wichita) -- Day 28: Utility Poles: 2012-Current (Wichita) -- Day 29: Death of a Friendship 2012-Current (Wichita) -- Day 30: Reading & Places: Travel Real and Imagined: 2012-Current (Wichita) -- Day 31: Hope: 2012-Current (Wichita) -- About the Author. "You are Black/black, or brown or yellow ... and they don't like it. You are too tall where they have to stand in your shadow or too short where they feel you block their glory. They don't like you cute button nose or your large expansive ears ... They don't know you and if they did, it wouldn't make any difference. They don't care to know you. However, it's not really about you. It's about them, all about them."--Back cover. "Reginald D. Jarrell's book of essays is a thoughtful exploration of experiences that molded him as a Black man growing up and raising his family primarily in Kansas. Mr. Jarrell also lived in Mississippi, Iowa, California, and Washington, D.C. As a pastor, lawyer, communications professional, and university professor, Mr. Jarrell is first of all a truth teller."--Publisher. "In 31 essays Reginald Jarrell tells stories from his life as a student, lawyer, pastor, professor, and communications professional as he lived in different locations across the United States. He is unstintingly truthful as he describes the people he encounters, some displaying the worst and others the best of America's culture. The life experiences he shares in these brief essays paint a vivid picture of how race intersects and shapes lives. Attending a local parade with his young children in a midwestern town, the impact of a stranger's racial epithet hurled at him while he was out walking his dog at twilight, the kindness of other strangers including a Mexican family, the verbal abuse he must swallow as a lawyer, experiences in congregations and universities--all convey a haunting disquiet and startling insight on "being black in America." Jarrell's story shifts locations across the US with special attention to his years in Iowa and Kansas. His vision is honest; no group escapes his observations. A powerful, beautiful memoir not so much about one man's life but of the United States of America."--Amazon.com. 20221007. Jarrell, Reginald D. Essays. Racial profiling in law enforcement. Race relations. Race discrimination. Essais (Genre littéraire.) Profilage ethnique. Relations raciales. Discrimination raciale. racial discrimination. Essays. Race discrimination. Race relations. Racial profiling in law enforcement.