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Joe Louis

Joe Louis 0000000081503179 “You can run, but you can’t hide.” Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was n professional boxer who reigned as world heavyweight cha...

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How To Box

by Joe Louis

How To Box Joe Louis 9781639232321 Nonfiction Lushena Books Lushena Books Joe Louis’s How to Box will teach you to deliver a knockout punch, step by step. The legendary heavyweight champion thoroughly...

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A Fist for Joe Louis and Me

by Trinka Hakes Noble

A Fist for Joe Louis and Me Trinka Hakes Noble 9781534110168 Fiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press 2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List Gordy and his family live in Detr...

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Joe Louis: American Hero - Betrayed

by Kam Williams

Joe Louis: American Hero - Betrayed Kam Williams joe_lo2.jpg Film Review HBO Documentary Revisits America’s Mistreatment of Patriotic Pugilist   Joe Louis: American Hero’ B...

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Joe L. Dudley, Sr.

Joe L. Dudley, Sr. MULTIPLE Dr. Joe Louis Dudley, Sr. was a pioneering entrepreneur and founder of Dudley Products Inc., a major Black haircare brand. With his business acumen, he filled a market gap...

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The Pacman Plan

by Sam A Kempt

The Pacman Plan Sam A Kempt 9780974445908 Nonfiction DeViv Publishing DeViv Publishing The Pacman Plan is the story of a struggle for reparations for African Americans. This is the first fiction work ...

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A Nation’s Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis

by Matt De La Peña

A Nation’s Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis Matt De La Peña 9780803731677 Nonfiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House On the eve of World War II, African American boxer Joe ...

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Beyond Glory: Joe Louis Vs. Max Schmeling, And A World On The Brink

by David Margolick

Beyond Glory: Joe Louis Vs. Max Schmeling, And A World On The Brink David Margolick 9780375726194 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House Nothing in the annals of sports has aroused more passion than ...

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Beyond Glory

by Thumper

Beyond Glory Thumper Book Review Warning!  I’ve been cleaning up my library again-meaning I’m about to review an old book.  I have two walls full of bookshelves, whose...

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Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II

by John Strausbaugh

Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II John Strausbaugh 9781455567485 Nonfiction Twelve Hachette Book Group From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The V...

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Bird In A Box

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Bird In A Box Andrea Davis Pinkney 9780316074025 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group In a small upstate New York town during the Great Depression, three children—Hibernia...

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When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling’s History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City

by Felicia B. George

When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling’s History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City Felicia B. George 9780814350775 Nonfiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press Winner: A...

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A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 2 (1919-1945): A History of the African American Athlete

by Arthur Ashe

A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 2 (1919-1945): A History of the African American Athlete Arthur Ashe 9780063162273 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins “The most comprehensive reference source on African-Ame...

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How Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

by Carole Boston Weatherford

How Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee Carole Boston Weatherford 9781536215540 Nonfiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press From a multi-award-winning pair comes a d...

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Black Liberation / Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party

by Gerald Horne

Black Liberation / Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party Gerald Horne 9780717808625 Nonfiction International Publishers International Publishers Black Liberation/Red Scare is a study of an Afri...

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The Bittersweet Science: racism, racketeering and the political economy of boxing

by Gerald Horne

The Bittersweet Science: racism, racketeering and the political economy of boxing Gerald Horne 9780717808298 Nonfiction International Publishers International Publishers Based upon exhaustive research...

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Black Bottom Saints

by Alice Randall

Black Bottom Saints Alice Randall 9780062968623 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit’s legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and...

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Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

by Mark Whitaker

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance Mark Whitaker 9781501122392 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. The other great Renaissance of black culture, influence,...

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One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York

by Arthur Browne

One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York Arthur Browne 9780807012604 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Winner of the Christopher Award and the New York City Bo...

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African Americans In Chicago (Images Of America) (Images Of America (Arcadia Publishing))

by Lowell D. Thompson

African Americans In Chicago (Images Of America) (Images Of America (Arcadia Publishing)) Lowell D. Thompson 9780738588537 Fiction Arcadia Publishing Arcadia Publishing The story of black Chicago is s...

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The Definition of Place

by Randall Horton

The Definition of Place Randall Horton 9781599480411 Poetry Main Street Rag Main Street Rag “Horton defines intimate places in the American epic of the Great Migration, opening the tender spaces that ...

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Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection

by Carl Van Vechten

Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection Carl Van Vechten 9780820315584 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press What mak...

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A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Boxing

by Arthur Ashe

A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Boxing Arthur Ashe 9781567430363 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Boxing has given the African-American athlete an opportunity to catch...

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Folks Like Me: Poems

by Sam Cornish

Folks Like Me: Poems Sam Cornish 9780944072301 Poetry Zoland Books Zoland Books A reflection on the awakening of African-American political identity in the years between the Depression and the 1960s f...

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James Van Der Zee

James Van Der Zee 0000000066571798 James Augustus Van Der Zee (June 29, 1886 – May 15, 1983) began working as a photographer in 1915, and by the following year had opened his photography studi...

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Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith

Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith MULTIPLE Randy Roberts is distinguished professor of history at Purdue University. An award-winning author, he focuses on the intersection of popular and political cul...

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Matt De La Peña

Matt De La Peña 0000000439804364 Matt de la Peña, a New York Times Bestselling author, has written six young adult novels and award-winning picture books. He received his MFA in creative writing fro...

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The PACMAN Plan

by Tiffany M. Davis

The PACMAN Plan Tiffany M. Davis Book Review The PACMAN plan is an ambitious debut by Sam A. Kempt. Set in the smoldering background of Austin, Texas, this book takes an eye-opening look at race, ...

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Harlem Godfather

by Idrissa Uqdah

Harlem Godfather Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Bumpy’s Widow Tells Her Story Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth ’Bumpy’ Johnson has been a long time coming on the h...

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