1 Books Published by Barksdale-Hall Educational Services Training on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

As described by the editor, Minister Roland Barksdale-Hall, this book "offers a holistic approach to healing the body, mind and soul." Barksdale-Hall provides a memoir of his great-grandfather and states that "through a riveting account of one family’s pursuit for an American identity [this book] brings together life’s vital issues and presents a candid look into a pivotal period in America’s changing race relations." Barksdale-Hall presents this memoir to illustrate the "healing influences" in his great-grandfather’s life as well as to provide a foundation for "a self-help reference tool designed to increase our awareness about past hurts and brokenness." In addition, the "book vividly recalls an era in which nurturing families, churches and benevolent societies were the hallmark of black communities." As stated in the book’s study guide, this book "is a self-help book designed to liberate those held captive and are in anguish whether due to situations rooted in abusive families or racial intolerance…it provides an entree for Black America to move beyond finger pointing and get on the vital path to healing.Meanwhile it provides a fresh vantage point for whites to view America’s race dilemma in its complexity."