Time to give props where props are due.
Hill Harper handles his business in a way that uplifts and inspires.
Be it playing Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on the hit CBS series 'CSI:NY,' campaigning for presumptive presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, or managing his two New Orleans boutique hotels, the Iowa City native is a man on a mission.
His latest book project, 'Letters To A Young Sister: DeFine Your Destiny' – which was profiled by BlackVoices.com's esteemed book blogger Felicia Pride this week – just arrived in stores and has already created much buzz amongst the black literati.
A follow-up to his 2006 award-winning, best-selling 'Letters To A Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny,' the new book picks up where the other left off with its motivational messages – this time for young women.
"My hope is that this book will educate, uplift, and inspire," Harper writes. "As young women read it, they will hear the voice of a man-a Black man-encouraging them and explaining to them that they are beautiful, magnificent, brilliant, and deserving of unreasonable happiness."
"My hope is that this book will educate, uplift, and inspire," Harper writes. "As young women read it, they will hear the voice of a man-a Black man-encouraging them and explaining to them that they are beautiful, magnificent, brilliant, and deserving of unreasonable happiness."
Like the first book, an assortment of celebrities and power-brokers are featured throughout via encouraging messages and positive prose.
Some of the bold-faced names include actresses Ruby Dee, Angela Bassett, Niecy Nash, Sanaa Lathan, Lauren London, Gabrielle Union, alongside poet laureate Nikki Giovanni, fashion model Chanel Iman, recording artists Eve and Ciara and history-defining political power broker Michelle Obama.Even hip-hop's most beautiful babiesmama Kim Porter is featured.
So it's a quite inclusive and accessible literary work, which delivers real talk about the important and sensitive issues young women face, such as self esteem, sex, money, education, and relationships with family, friends and men.
It's just what the doctor ordered.
"As young women read it, they will hear a voice encouraging them and explaining to them how and why they are truly queens, constantly reminding them that they are beautiful, magnificent, brilliant and deserving of infinite and unreasonable happiness," Harper said.
With a successful acting career and degrees from Brown University and Harvard Law School under his belt, Harper has made youth mentoring one of his special causes.
And because of that, he gets the glory!
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By: blakgrl on 6/06/2008 12:24PM
Hill Harper you an inspiration!!!!
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By: Jacqueline on 6/06/2008 2:36PM
This brother is "Together"
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By: MrMellow on 6/06/2008 2:37PM
Hill Harper is a very talented actor and author!
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By: bj on 6/06/2008 4:16PM
Yes I agree with blkgrl Mr. Hill Harper is TOGETHER, I mean geez he has it together on the inside and the outside he is simply irresistible. I've seen him on t.v. and he is so encouraging of people to live a uplifting life and he did it so he makes me believe I can do it also. He is a inspiration to this generation, because he is educated and he has not forgotten about others especially black men. Thank you Mr. Hill Harper for being a encourager to all. That's what this thing called life is about, it's about not just me but you, and all of us together, like the brother said in New Jack City, "We All WE got":)
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By: dmacadouis on 6/07/2008 12:06AM
I actually got a chance to see Hill Harper when he came to a school I was working in Manhattan and he did a great job of mixing his humor with goal orientated stories of his own plus he did a good job of conveying how to formulate and achieve goals comparing it to building a house. he ended the speech with a question about what should be the most important thing in your house which no one could guess it was the doors because you are always going to be letting the negative out the back door while the positive come in the front.
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By: queen on 6/07/2008 3:08AM
Hill Harper is FABULOUS!!
He is doing the job that the fathers should have done or should be doing with their daughter.. I thank him and GOD for giving him to us to show our young sistahs that the love of the black man is NOT DEAD!
They just have to look in the right direction
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By: joyce johnson on 6/09/2008 1:45AM
why is the white woman on the book cover? ???
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By: SLOANE on 6/07/2008 2:17PM
Hill has that "something special" quality going on! It is refreshing to see someone so in touch with himself and the world around him! At first I thought he was just another knuckle-headed brother...see, I saw various movies with a few clips of Mr. Harper in compromising scenes! I was wondering...why he entertained even accepting these roles! It kind of turned me off for a minute...I thought he was something special and after seeing his private parts in one film and his horniness to the 3rd degree in another, I had assumed that he sold out! I was wrong...Sorry Hill! I now see that you are able to do whatever it is you set out to! Keep up the inspiration and don't ever lose your footing!!!! PS you were the bomb in Lackawana Blues!
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By: SLOANE on 6/09/2008 12:06PM
#8 grow up!
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By: Essencelove on 6/09/2008 4:25PM
This is a fantastic thing to see. Part of what strengthens our community. One generation providing encouragement and guidance to the next. This is a beginning of how we can find our way. Kudos to Hill Harper. (Oh... to you single ladies, he is also a Christian man....Write to CBS.. send in that fan mail.Know what I mean?) Kudos to BV on yet another great book blog.
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