Building Your Own Castle
AUG 2004 - OCT 2004
Volume 10 Number 3
On The Dock
COVER STORY
30 Building Your Own Castle
Noted architect Melvin Mitchell explores the affordability of custom designed homes, the significance of Americans owning a home, and the work of architects Genell Anderson, who graces our cover, and James Washington, Jr.
Cover Credits: Photograph by Nestor Hernández.
FOCUS: Home
24 A Piece of the Rock for Modest Income Households
25 Finishing Touches
26 Building Your Own Castle
FEATURE
7 Segregation Tax
DEPARTMENTS
4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE PUBLISHER’S POINT
5 Home
6 Gambian President visits U.S.
PRAISING THE PAST
8 Natural Hair
The OTHER SIDE
9 Call Home
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE: A STORY OF SURVIVIAL
10 Malcolm X Helped Me Get Through College
BOOK REVIEW
12 A Life Before and After Malcolm X: Betty Shabazz
PARENTING
13 Education Starts at Home
MONEY TALKS
14 A Home of Your Own
15 Getting the Word Out
TRAVEL
16 Welcome to Nigeria - Part I of II
HEALTH
18 Coming Home With a Cure
19 Lyme Disease
20 The Black Doctors Diet Solution for Black Women
RECIPE
29 Barbecue Ribs Jamaican Style
POETRY PIER
30 Self Portrait With Rain
ADVERTISERS LIST
32 Use this list to find our advertisers quickly
COMING UP
32 Greater New York Black Memorabilia Show and more
ENTERTAINMENT
32 The Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
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Building Your Own Castle
By Melvin Mitchell
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